According to a recent survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (www.ebri.org), a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research institute that focuses on health, savings, retirement, and economic security issues, the importance of benefits as criteria in choosing jobs remains high among American workers.

According to a recent report by the Center for Effective Government (foreffectivegov.org), when small businesses made their case in the 1990s that federal rulemaking processes should pay attention to the special needs of small businesses, policymakers listened.

Initially created with the goal of helping small businesses comply with the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) has not been meeting expectations.

As small businesses compete to attract and retain talent, trends that show the importance of benefits are emerging.

In a March 23, 2015, press release, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) noted that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) turned five years and added, "(W)hile the administration is commemorating the occasion, there is not much for small business to celebrate."

In his opening statement on the House Committee on Small Business's hearing on the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Fiscal Year 2016 budget request, House Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) raised two questions. First: Are the resources sufficient to help small businesses grow the middle class jobs that America needs? Two:...

Access to capital is one of the largest impediments facing America's small businesses. According to the NSBA, small business members consistently identify access to credit and capital as one of the top issues impacting their firms.

The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), an organization representing small businesses, offered reaction to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's announcement that it is delaying the enforcement of the technical guidance issued in September 2013 regarding Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), which NASE says is a key health care tool...