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An Oregon appeals court ruled that workers' comp insurer SAIF Corp. must pay for an obese worker's gastric bypass surgery because it's necessary to treat a work related knee injury, according to Workforce Management. Doctor's said the employee's

Spent a little time perusing the morning headlines while killing time at the Jeep dealership, and from what I can tell, there's good news and there's bad news. The bad news is health care costs are estimated to jump 10.6 percent heading into next

The National Compensation Survey, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, found nearly two-thirds of private industry workers had access to retirement benefits in March, although only 51 percent participated.

MetLife recently announced the release of its 2008 Benefit Benchmarking Tool, a Web-based database that allows brokers to pull data from various MetLife studies to highlight industry trends. The tool uses data from the 6th Annual MetLife Study of

So much for taboo. Politics may still be off-limits in the workplace, but religion appears to be more and more acceptable. Florida-based City Furniture offers spiritual counseling to interested employees, according to The Miami Herald. ''There were

64 percent of employees look for a new job outside of work hours. 15 percent look for jobs in the early morning or evenings at work. 16 percent of do job searches during work hours. 5 percent look for a new job on their lunch bre

For small business owners, everything is amplified. For instance, the landing of a large new account is not only a professional success, it's a personal success that can mean long term financial security for your family. At the same time, every

A study by Deloitte Research found that 42 percent of employers are using automatic enrollment for their 401(k) plans, almost double the percentage from the 2005-2006 survey; another 26 percent of employers are thinking of adding the feature.