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Healthcare Reform
 
  Governor Quinn signs legislation that will establish the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange - PDF Source: Illinois Health Matters

Final interim guidance released for key PPACA provisions - PDF Source: Cigna HealthCare

Healthcare Reform Bill Timeline - PDF Source: Cigna HealthCare

Obama pulls plug on part of health overhaul law

Is White House's Cockiness About Defending The ObamaCare Lawsuit Warranted?

It's Nearly Official: Supreme Court Likely to Decide Obamacare's Constitutionality in Mid-2012

Employers in the Dark About Health Care Reform

Health Overhaul Raised Insurance Coverage of Young, U.S. Says

Ohio health care reform challenge set

Health care reform law passes first appeals test

Obama kills health care waivers

Health care waivers stir suspicion of favors

Mapping the road to 2014

House HSA Bill Gathers Support

6 in 10 Employers Hope Health Care Reform Will Be Repealed

Early Retiree Subsidy to End Early

SHRM's Health Care Reform Resource Page

On Obamacare's Anniversary, Voters Favor Repeal 58%-36%

Obama Backs Earlier State Opt-Out for Some Reform Mandates

Federal Judge: Obamacare Allows Congress to Regulate “Mental Activity”

ObamaCare Is Starting To Bleed Insurers Dry

What Health Care Reform Means to HR Professionals This year

Why Repealing Obamacare Will Reduce the Deficit

Build a Bridge to Health Exchanges for Early Retirees

SHRM Poll: Health Coverage Uncertainty

Health-law repeal fails in Senate

Analysis: Healthcare ruling may stand on shaky ground

Too big to stop? Obama's overhaul lumbers on

Mitch Daniels on Improving Obamacare

White House: Individual Mandate, or Bust

Health insurers adjust to once-scary reform rule

Opinion: Obamacare Is Already Falling Apart

U.S. judge rejects key part of Obama healthcare law

Lack of Health Mandate Would Lead to Skyrocketing Costs, U.S. Insurers Say

 
 
 
 
Health Beat
 

Workplace Pulmonary Disease Drive Promotes Testing and Treatment

Viewpoint: Avoiding the Chronic Disease Cost Avalanche

Five Paths for Achieving Wellness Program ROI

Winning Efforts Improved Employee Health, Reduced Costs

There Is No Cure And Little Money To Solve Alzheimer's Disease

Employers Can Help Fight Childhood Obesity

Using Behavioral-Based Design to Improve Healthy Behavior

Employers Value Wellness Incentive

Uncommon Knowledge: The Value of Health Assessment Data

CDHPs Increased Employee Engagement in Their Health and Wellness

Rules for Successful Wellness Programs

Get Your Employees Out and Walking

Viewpoint: Wellness Collaboration Is Key to Change

Six Easy, Fun Steps to Better Health

More Workers Seeking Health Information from Employers, Health Plans

Building a Culture of Health

Cavitt: Use good health habits to help fight the flu

How to prevent lung cancer? Need to pay attention to eight areas

Best Multivitamins For Kids

Coping with Insomnia

Why is Norwegian Fish Oil Considered the Best?

Andrew Weil, M.D. – 8 Weeks to Optimum Health and Spontaneous Healing

 
 

 

Human Resources
 

 

IRS Raises Retirement Plan Contribution Limits

Social Security Benefits to Increase in 2012

Find the right candidate with pre-employment screening

HR and Finance: A Marriage of Necessity

What's the Rush? Employees Want Time to Mull Benefits Choices

Per-Employee Health Coverage to Cross $10,000 Threshold

Pension Funding at Lowest Level Since World War II

Average Family Health Premiums Top $15,000 in 2011

Slower Health Benefit Cost Growth Seen for 2012

Mission Critical Skills in HR

General Mills' HR Recipe

Employees Make Avoidable Benefits Mistakes

Salary Increases Stay Consistent, with Focus on Variable Pay

Wanted: HR Professionals with Social Media Skills

Health Care Auto Enrollment Expected to Present Challenges

Large U.S. Employers Revamping Health Benefits for 2012

How Safe Is HR Data in the Cloud?

Benefits a Top Factor for Employee Happiness

Pension Participants Mostly Unaware of Payouts

Salary Budgets Lag Behind U.S. Rate of Inflation

Obama Unveils Plan to Boost Hiring of Veterans

'Plug the Drain' on 401(k) Plan Leakage

U.S. Employers Opt for 'Passive' Open Enrollment

HR Compensation: It Pays to Specialize

Skill-Based Pay: HR's Role - PDF Source: SHRM

Employer Match, Tax Savings Drive 401(k) Participation

Finding the Right Benefits Broker

Employee Benefits Costs Force Difficult Trade-Offs

Tight Salary Budgets? Benefits Can Be a Major Retention Tool

More U.S. Employees to Get Raises as Pay Freeze Thaws

Dog Days of Summer Don't Heat Up Hiring

Forecasted 2012 U.S. Base Salary Increases Remain Steady

Health Savings Account Enrollment Continues to Grow

Most Employers Plan to Keep Health Coverage After 2013

 
 
 
 
Best Practices
 
  How to Empower Your Front-line Employees

Values, Culture, and Corporate Success

The Secret to Achieving More with Less: Increasing the Productivity of Resources to Cope with a Rapidly Changing Economic Environment

The Only 5 Things CEOs Should Do in the Sales Process

The 10 Commandments of B2B Marketing

How management can resolve productivity issues.

A Co-Worker Pulls Out a Gun. Now What?

Is Your Staff Too Dependent on You?

The ‘Flaws’ with Women in Leadership

Root Cause of Toyota's Failure: Employee Engagement

The Top Ten Rules of E-Mail Etiquette

A mix of recruiting strategies will give you best results.

Tailored incentives can increase health risk assessment participation.

Can a four-day work week work for your business?

What the leader of the future will look like.

Make sure pay progression aligns with your career paths.

 
 
 
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US Senators and Representatives
 
  Dick Durbin - Senator, IL
Mark Kirk - Senator, IL

View all Senators of the 111th US Congress

Write/Locate your local Congressperson in the US House of Representatives

View all members of the US House of Representatives alphabetically

 
 
 

 

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Business Updates
 


Manufacturers struggle to fill jobs

Insurance Premiums Soar Even as Health Costs Slump

Guidance Issued on Cell Phone Tax Treatment

Slower Health Benefit Cost Growth Seen for 2012

Execs Optimistic About Third-Quarter Hiring

High Gas Prices Challenge U.S. Businesses

CEO Compensation Rebounds

The SHRM LINE Employment Expectations Report for April 2011 - PDF Source: SHRM

Show Me The Money

Stronger U.S. Wage Growth Foreseen

10 Stocks With 10 Years of Revenue Growth for Buy and Hold Investors

7 Characteristics of Women Leaders

What's the State of Small Business?

Why 'Big Ideas' People Are Bad at Execution

How to Launch a Business in Under a Year

Grow Without Losing Your Company's Character

10 New Year's Resolutions for Entrepreneurs

Smarter, Faster and Cheaper Ways to Market Your Business

Top 5 Presentation Tips of 2010

Deloitte Survey: Worker Passion is Key to True Economic Recovery

7 Leadership Lessons From Obama's First Two Years in Office

5 New Skills Needed for Leadership in 2020

Why Passion and Drive Can Destroy Good Leaders

Employees report less pay, smaller raises.

Modest salary increases in near future: Conference Board

Companies not ready for new say-on-pay stipulation.

More performance reviews relying on business-based metrics.

SHRM survey examines employee benefits in recovering economy.

Minimal wage growth seen for 2010.

Current legislation in the Illinois House and Senate.

Small business confidence on the rise.

Reinsurance funding may run out before 2014: Study

Pace of job cuts slowing: Challenger study

Employers take heed of appeals court immigrant worker ruling

Employers weighing pay-or-play options

 
 
 
 
Recommended Resources
 
  Health Care / The White House – official site for the White House and President Barack Obama

Health Reform – official U.S. government site provides ongoing news and information about health care reform.

All Things Workplace
Alltop – Top HR News
American Benefits Council
American Medical Association
American Spectator
American Thinker
Bnet – The go to place for management
Business Ledger
CNN
Crain's Chicago Business
The Conference Board
Corporate Executive Board
Employee Benefit News
Employee Benefits Institute of America
Employee Benefit Research Institute
Fast Company magazine
Health Care/The White House
Health Reform
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HR Hero – Your Employment Law Resource
HR News and Views Blog
Human Events
Human Resource Executive Online
Human Resources IQ
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
International Foundation for Employee Benefits
Michael Savage Online
Modern Healthcare
National Review
Rasmussen Reports - polls
Slate Magazine
SMB/Human Resources
Society for Human Resource Management
SHRM – Benefit News
SHRM – Compensation News
The HR Capitalist
The Industry Radar
The Weekly Standard
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Magazine
WELCOA – Wellness Council of America
Workforce Management

 
 
 
     
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