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The proposals in Missouri and Nebraska passed by comfortable margins, and one in Alaska appeared likely to pass with about 70% of votes counted early Wednesday.

The U.S. is one of nine countries that do not guarantee paid sick leave. Since the pandemic, advocates are organizing to take the issue to voters in several states with ballot initiatives this November.

Company health clinics are most common at large workplaces, but some small employers say they see advantages, too: healthier workers, lower costs, and better access to primary care.

Nearly half of large employers report that increasing numbers of their workers were using mental health services, according to a KFF annual survey. Yet almost a third of those employers said their health plan’s network didn’t have enough providers.

The Biden administration included only health workers in its new emergency temporary standard, angering labor advocates who had spent more than a year lobbying for the protections.

Democratic Senator Bill Montford of Tallahassee is warning fellow lawmakers that a dramatic spike in workers’ compensation rates isn’t just a business...

The Florida Legislature’s decision against expanding Medicaid will saddle the state’s employers with higher health care costs and was “bad for business,”…

Starting in January, businesses with 50 or more full-time employees will be required to provide health insurance or pay a penalty. Some companies say they're already considering shifting those employees to part-time status. But some experts say it's not clear the shift is attributable to the health care law.

Florida is one of the places where you can lose out on a job offer if you’re a smoker. On the latest edition of Freakonomics Radio from NPR’s Marketplace,…

Florida employers could get hit with up to $219 million in federal penalties if the state doesn’t expand Medicaid or do the functional equivalent,…