Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act along with the individual mandate, its time for employers to start preparing for upcoming compliance issues, says Janet Trautwein, executive vice president and CEO of National Association of Health Underwriters.

Small businesses continue to struggle with cash flow issues, according to the 2012 Small Business Access to Capital Survey by the National Small Business Association.

Fifty-three percent of women are the primary breadwinners, especially as there are more women are rising to this role because of partners losing jobs and marriage after divorce, according to a recent study by Prudential Financial.

Of the countries with the lowest projected salary increases for 2013 are the United States, Spain and Japan while the highest are India, China and Brazil, according to the 39th annual WorldatWork 2012-13 Salary Budget Survey.

Sixty-three percent of U.S. workers are not fully engaged at the workplace and are struggling to cope with situations that fail to offer adequate support, according to the new Global Workforce Study by Towers Watson.

Most employers waited for the Supreme Courts ruling before responding to health care reform provisions that are to be enforced in 2014, according to a survey of 4,000 employers conducted by Mercer, a global human resources consultancy.

Over the next year, 40 percent of single-family home builders intend to hire or contract skilled laborers, according to a national survey conducted on behalf of the Home Builders Institute by the National Association of Home Builders.

For Americans between the ages of 18 and 29, the unemployment rate hit 12.8 percent in June, according to Generation Opportunity, a grassroots organization connected with young Americans.