Todays human resources professionals are asked to do more than ever. Between managing employee relations, benefits and work force numbers, many HR professionals are feeling overwhelmed.

According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 2011 seasonal hiring is expected to mirror 2010, with 29 percent of retailers planning to hire extra help.

Health care costs have been on the rise for years. Greedy insurance companies, more expensive medical technology, government involvement or lack thereof the reasons cited by the talking heads seem almost endless.

As employers are constantly looking to attract and attain talent, providing a comprehensive benefits solution is one of the top ways to remain competitive.

While most employees depend on the workplace as their main source of benefits information, Generation Y is more likely to rely on family members and friends as informants, according to a new survey commissioned by Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company and conducted by Harris Interactive.

Graduate students among the nations top business schools prefer working for an employer that offers opportunity for advancement, rather than financial incentives, according to a recent Deloitte survey.

Twenty percent of employees report to younger supervisors, which reveals a predominant generation trend in the workplace, according to a survey by Pitney Bowers Inc.

About 70 percent of employers supplement their qualified plans with additional employer-funded, non-qualified retirement benefits for their senior executives, and these supplemental plans providing an annual contribution are marginally more common than those focusing on a specified retirement benefit, according to a new benefits survey by Integrated Healthcare Strategies.