Mercy Hospital to benefit from Blue Cross surplus (The Citizens' Voice)

Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania has announced it will donate $9.6 million from its surplus to Mercy Hospital by Wednesday, and hospital administrators need not leave out cookies and milk or wake early to wait by a tree.

Weather makes employers make payroll decisions (South Sound Business Examiner)

It's what some are calling the storm of the decade and it seems out of place in the Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the storm is here and businesses are having to make unfamiliar payroll decisions.For example, should employees who can't leave their houses due to the snow be docked a day's pay? Must the employer treat salaried and hourly employees differently? Are employees allowed to make up work ...

Fla. Dems re-elect Thurman as party chair (Miami Herald)

Buoyed by Barack Obama's victory in Florida last month, state Democratic Party Chairman Karen Thurman on Saturday took aim at one of her next targets: Gov. Charlie Crist.

Obama's Pick for Labor Secretary Welcomed By Unions, Eyed Cautiously Among Business (Fox News)

President-elect Barack Obama's selection of California Rep. Hilda Solis comes on the same day the Labor Department released a new report showing new applicants filing for unemployment benefits remained near a 26-year high.

'Tough Job' Ahead for Obama's Labor Secretary- Obama Defends Rick Warren Choice (Fox News)