The more I look beyond the mega-issues affecting employers in the new economic stimulus package, the more I see to worry finance executives. more

As Washington starts addressing the large and complex health care reform issue, there are other pieces of the employee benefits pie worthy of attention.

In the retirement savings arena, President Obama’s budget includes a proposal that would require employers that don’t presently offer a retirement plan to automatically enroll workers in a direct-deposit Individual Retirement Account (IRA). more

The players are lining up in Washington for the Obama Administration’s first summit on health care issues. The teams include business, labor, and consumer organizations and just about every segment of the health care industry, as the country begins to hash out a new direction for what has grown to be what many consider to be the seminal issue facing the nation. more

A new survey by Watson Wyatt suggests that there may be hope for workforce reduction survivors. It appears that the worst of company layoffs is history. But history has a way of repeating itself. more

Public policy debates about the nation’s retirement system will rage this year as legislators consider the impact of the drop in value of equity investments in workers’ 401(k) balances. more