With major health care reform changes planned for 2014, many employees are unaware of how this new marketplace will affect them, and its important that employers get in front of the necessary communication now, says Jackie Cuthbert, principal at Mercer, a human resources consulting firm in New York City.

Supplemental insurance provider Aflac now offers its Real Cost Calculator, an online tool that helps consumers realize the costs connected with common illnesses and injuries, such as cancer, heart attack and fractured limbs.

With expanded health insurance and Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, drug coverages also will increase, and unnecessary regulations will add to prescription drug costs, according to a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis.

Only 14 percent of chief information officers say they plan to hire for information technology positions in the second quarter of 2013.

Almost 80 percent of cancer patients and survivors report that they want to keep working, though nearly as many respondents have trouble finding a work-life balance.

Forty-seven percent of employers consistently seek employee feedback, and only 37 percent of those employers act on that feedback.

Americans in their 20s and 30s dont have fundamental financial knowledge, according to a new survey.

February's small-business employment slightly grew as employees brought in more money and worked more hours, according to recent research by Intuit.