Benefits Manager

A new study shows that a cheaper drug for a common eye disease is as effective as a more expensive one approved for the condition.

The mayor of Cleveland said 350 to 400 city employees will be laid off due to an impending loss of $35.7 million in state aid by the end of 2012.

More people sought unemployment benefits last week, the second rise in three weeks, a sign of the slow and uneven jobs recovery.

After another stinging rebuke from the same judge who lifted its lockout, the NFL took its fight over how to run the $9 billion business to a federal appeals court Thursday as players pushed for free agency and other rules just hours before the draft.

A sweeping plan to cut business taxes, end or restrict tax exemptions for some retirement income and make other significant tax changes cleared a preliminary hurdle Wednesday with Michigan lawmakers.

Though the economy is rebounding, still-rising health costs are forcing employers to rethink health benefit plan designs.

Daniel McKeague, a 36-year-old sales manager and father of three from Hugo, Minn., beat out some 12,500 contestants to become the new voice of the insurance company’s duck mascot, Aflac announced April 26.

Amid budget cuts and threats to public employee pensions, a Pew report has found that Wisconsin’s pension system is actually one of the healthiest in the nation.