Chief financial officers have a strong understanding that employee health has an impact on a companys financial performance, and they are playing a larger role in health care benefits decisions, according to new research by nonprofit Integrated Benefits Institute.

Sixty-one percent of private employers offer long-term incentives while 95 percent provide short-term incentives, according to a recent study by WorldatWork and Vivient Consulting.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration and its Wage and Hour Division have announced the final rule to better the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program.

As flu season is under way, hospitals and health care facilities should consider mandating that all of their employees receive influenza vaccinations, maintains the National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit organization that is focused on representing large employers' perspective on national health policy issues.

Former employees of Omnicare Inc., a provider of long-term pharmaceutical care for seniors, are suing the company as they claim they were unlawfully underpaid during their employment.

The U.S. Department of Labor is suing Bethesda, Md.-based Dynasty Construction Inc. and owner John J. Barrett III for breaking fiduciary duty regarding the company's 401(k) plan.

Thirty-four percent of information-technology leaders believe they will add temporary workers while 35 percent anticipate bringing on more permanent workers during the first quarter, according to a survey by TEKsystems, a provider of IT staffing solutions and human capital management.

Board of director members are seeing smaller pay raises compared with last year, which continues the trend of smaller increases in board compensation since 2008, according to a study by Total Compensation Solutions, an independent human resources consulting firm.