Benefits Manager

An increase in last month’s CBIZ Small Business Employment Index (SBEI) may be sign of more positive hiring trends for small employers.

As employers gird for tough times, they must adapt benefits programs to better withstand the downturn.

More than 3,000 Alabama workers have filed for unemployment compensation benefits because the tornadoes April 27 knocked them out of work, and that could cause a slight increase of about one-tenth of a percentage point in the state's unemployment rate.

House and Senate negotiators hope to resolve their differences on competing plans to reform New Hampshire's public pension system by the end of the month, at the same time the state's retirement system is experiencing a big increase in applications from retirement-eligible employees.

Health benefits company Aetna announced Monday it has launched a new website to help consumers, brokers and employers understand the health reform law.

In the boardroom, it's as if the Great Recession never happened.

Democrats in the Michigan Legislature are attempting to reverse a vote that will cut the number of weeks jobless workers can get state unemployment benefits starting with new filers next year.

The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have requested comment from the public on issues relating to 4980H, the "play or pay" or “shared responsibility" provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.