In todays business landscape, organizational change is a constant affair. Between mergers, acquisitions and leadership changes, the days of a stagnant work environment are gone, says John T. Mooney, principal of Consultive Source, a human resources firm in Dallas.

Not everyone likes change, especially when it comes to health care. However, with health cares rising costs and the tough economic climate, more of those expenses are shifting to employees, says Sheryl Kovach, president and CEO of Kandor Group, a human resources consulting firm in Houston.

Small business owners are combating regulatory challenges and the fight for talent, both of which are hurting their companies and could affect how they vote in 2012, finds The Hartfords Small Business Success Study.

The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding a $3.4 million grant to enlist re-employment and support services to approximately 850 workers who were laid off in July because of the closure of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. facility in Union City, Tenn.

Most on Wall Street should expect to see much lower year-end incentive payouts, compared to 2010, which is the second time in four years this has occurred, according to a yearly compensation analysis by Johnson Associates Inc., a New York-based compensation consulting firm.

According to a new report by Lockton Companies, an insurance brokerage firm, health care employers can encourage patient and workplace safety by following 10 steps.

Of the 80,000 jobs added this month, women gained 66,000 of those as well as 136,000 jobs in August and September, compared to men's gain of 126,000 during that time period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent data.

According to the Randstad Employee Confidence Index, which gauges workers' employment confidence and optimism in the economic environment, rose by 0.8 points to 45.6 in October.