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A round-up of the weeks employee benefits news, reports and controversy

Inside a proposed Senate transportation bill is a provision that, if approved by Congress, would reverse cuts to the monthly pre-tax transit benefits available to workers who use public transportation and vanpools.

The number of available jobs in the United States jumped in December to near a three-year high, supporting other data that show a brighter outlook for hiring.

Whether the job market actually feels stronger depends on your perspective.

In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.

A round-up of the weeks employee benefits news, reports and controversy

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to a level that signaled a steadily improving job market. The figures came one day before the government is expected to report that January marked another solid month for hiring.

The House on Wednesday voted to freeze the wages of federal workers for a third straight year and put members of Congress on record as opposing a boost in their $174,000 annual salaries.