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Maryland lawmakers agreed Monday to state pension and retiree health benefit reforms needed to start addressing huge unfunded liabilities that would pose future financial problems if left unaddressed.

New Jersey's top fiscal officer says the state will make a half-billion-dollar payment to the pension fund when the law requires.

The misclassification of a worker can have serious financial consequences. Penalties and interest involving payroll taxes can pile up if someone is incorrectly treated as an independent contractor.

As promised, part one of where FreeERISA came from (and where its going).

ASPPA's Craig Hoffman responds to DOL's request for info on how the DOL can streamline or improve the agency’s existing regulations pursuant to President Obama’s Executive Order 13563.

Connecticut workers contemplate early retirement over possible changes to state employee benefits.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will stop accepting applications for its Early Retiree Reinsurance Program after May 5, 2011, due to lack of funding.

Nearly 3,000 union mine workers rallied in southwestern Pennsylvania, the first major gathering of union members outside the states where lawmakers are already battling over collective bargaining rights.