Employee Participation

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits suggests hiring is slowing.

Senior risk and finance leaders most often say cultural factors are the primary challenge to instituting a consistent global risk management approach in key emerging markets, according to the Aon Risk Maturity Index by Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management sector of Aon.

New data from a North Carolina agency shows an increase in the number of uninsured residents in a six-year span.

Prescription drug spending growth slowed last year, as the introduction of generic medicines helped balance price increases, according to pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc.

A healthier job market and warmer weather encouraged more Americans to shop in March.

Express Scripts aims to help patients stay on their meds with a product that predicts who will stop taking prescriptions before the person actually does it.

When the recession first hit, many employers looked at ways to cut costs immediately. Many employers reduced staff or eliminated 401(k) matching, but these rash moves often turn out to be mistakes, says Jackie Greaner, North America leader of talent management at Towers Watson, a global professional services company in...

Among companies that have an employee recognition program, 64 percent of companies say their employees are rewarded based on job performance, as opposed to 36 percent of companies that do not have a recognition program, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.