Benefits Manager

SPDs, mac & cheese and the top health care reform stories this week.

I was recently asked by two different prospective employees, “Do you offer a pension?” I don’t know what's more surprising, the fact that I've never been asked this question, or the question itself, but I was definitely a little taken aback by these inquiries.

Travel is an often necessary—and often stressful—part of business. But these days, missed flights, jet lag and hotel problems are the least of employees’ worries.

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell sharply for the second straight week, suggesting the job market is slowly recovering.

Since 2000, senior citizens have lost almost one-third of their buying power.

Careerbuilder’s Annual Summer Job Forecast survey of 2,700 employers found that 22 percent say they are planning to hire seasonal workers for the summer, about the same from 2009.

A fight to keep state money from abortion providers and affiliates like Planned Parenthood has potentially terminated a key health care program serving hundreds of thousands of low-income women.

Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue and Republican legislative leaders confirmed Wednesday an agreement to fill a $515 million funding gap for the North Carolina state employee health insurance plan while keeping a free premium option for workers intact for at least another year.