Benefits Manager

In the middle of America's heartland, a small public school, Northeast Elementary Magnet School, has taken on a hefty task reversing obesity.

Two studies this week raised gnawing worries about the safety of vitamin supplements and a host of questions. Should anyone be taking them? Which ones are most risky? And if you do take them, how can you pick the safest ones?

According to the 2012 Salary Guides from Robert Half International show, starting salaries are projected to increase by an average of 3.4 percent next year.

Of the major concerns for claim officers are a soft business environment, work force issues and technology challenges, which all are worsened by an unstable economy, according to a recent Towers Watson survey.

When a hiring manager is shuffling through a stack of rsums, it can take some time before the ideal candidate pops up, but, even with that perfect rsum, theres a problem: How does the hiring manager know whether the rsum is truly reflecting an accurate job history?

Under health reform law, beginning Jan. 1, 2014, employers can offer premiums discounts of up to what percentage to employees who participate in employer-sponsored wellness programs?

Providing simple messaging that encourages employees to write down when they intend to get their flu shots can greatly increase the chances of employees following through, according to a study by the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, Yale University and Harvard University in conjunction with Evive Health.

The Colorado Department of Labor said it overpaid $305 million in unemployment benefits over the past three years, prompting Gov. John Hickenlooper to order the department to recover improperly paid benefits and tighten its procedures.