Employers increasingly value human resources and its role in recruiting, developing and rewarding talent, resulting in higher salaries and more incentives, according to a report by Culpepper and Associates Inc.

As physicians continue to dispense higher-priced medications, prescription costs are growing in Florida’s workers’ compensation system, reveals a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

Because of today’s down economy, entry- and mid-level employees are facing lower salaries, according to the 2011 College Salary Report by PayScale Inc.

Recent college graduates are encountering such a tough job market that both their perceived strengths and weaknesses are equally ranked by human resource professionals, according to a new poll from the Society for Human Resource Management.

Person-to-person networking remains the most successful job-seeking tool in the Northeast, according to a new study by Right Management, which analyzed job data on the more than 6,000 regional individuals who used career transition services during the last three years.

Major employers, including McDonald’s, Home Depot and Blockbuster, offer mini-medical plans, but under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, these plans are nearing the last of their days.

Although men have lost more jobs than women over a longer timeframe, they have gained slightly more jobs than women, who are still struggling, according to new research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

Health care costs seem to continue on an upward spiral each year, and to combat this, the Department of Health and Human Services has formed a health care exchange system as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.