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Guide helps employers create fair policies for transgender workers

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, has released a guide that aims to provide human resource and other employment professionals with best practices for transgender workplace inclusion.
New travel assistance services help employers boost the value of their group life insurance programs

For the first time, a comprehensive suite of travel assistance services is available to employees covered under Liberty Mutual group life insurance policies, whether they travel for business or pleasure.

Best companies for benefits go one-on-one

Principal's latest iteration of its annual "10 best companies for employee financial security" offers advisers and brokers several guideposts for helping their clients get recognition.
Uninsured don't inflate insured premiums much

New research from a trio of health policy experts questions the commonly held belief that the insured cover the cost of the uninsured through cost shifting.
Alabama fights fat, media with new screening program

Alabama's effort to expand its health screening program has taken over the Web recently. And while most outlets pounced on the "fees for fat" angle, the program's steward says the media frenzy got it all wrong.