When it comes to employee health concerns, weight loss comes in as the top concern, according to 39 percent of employees in a poll by ComPsych.

Now home to 2,289 manufacturing jobs, Oregon gained a 1 percent increase in industrial employment, according to the 2013 Oregon Manufacturers Directory, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News Inc. in Evanston, Ill.

According to a survey by human resources consulting firm Effective Resources Inc., unemployment in Florida remains high at 8.1 percent, above the national average of 7.8 percent based on numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In light of the latest jobs numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employers are filling open positions at a slow rate.

As employers are continuing to look for ways to control health care costs, wellness programs are expected to remain a popular benefit offering in 2013. Wellness programs aren't new to the benefits industry, but employers are taking steps to get more out of these programs this year.

When an employee struggles, the entire business can suffer, as well. What starts as a single issue impacting one employee can taint the whole department, only to trickle throughout the entire business unit, and managers must be prepared to handle these issues.

Although most employees understand how to get and stay healthy, they lack correct perceptions of their health and health care programs, according to a new survey from Aon Hewitt, the National Business Group on Health and The Futures Co.

After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, Dallas-based Paradise Detail Ltd. is to pay 82 current and former detail and car wash employees $229,475 in back wages.