As employers are analyzing the new health care standards required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, they increasingly turn to self-funded plans, according to a new report by Volk & Bell Benefits, a member firm of United Benefit Advisors.

Small businesses are encountering retention problems because employees are reporting a sharp decline in company loyalty, according to MetLife’s Ninth Annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends.

Career development opportunities, rather than salary, have the biggest impact on employees’ perceptions of fairness, reveals a new research report released today by WorldatWork; Hay Group; and Loyola University Chicago professor of human resources, Dow Scott, Ph.D.

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.