As organizations prepare for 2013, they should expect to see more aggressive approaches from the Obama administration regarding employer issues, says Nita Beecher, talent principal of Mercer, a human resources consulting firm. While Congress remains divided, Beecher believes the Obama administration will rely on regulatory agencies, such as National Labor...

In the upcoming months, no significant changes are expected regarding the pace of annual wage growth, according to the preliminary fourth-quarter Wage Trend Indicator released by Bloomberg BNA, a publisher of specialized news and information.

To improve corporate culture, 72 percent of employers say they use employee assistance programs, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management and Globoforce.

When it comes to affecting total reward decisions, 58 percent of respondents say employee benefits are the top consideration, according to the 2012/2013 Verisight and McGladrey Compensation, Retirement and Benefits Trends Survey.

With 4,870 manufacturers now employing 262,431 workers, industrial employment in South Carolina grew 2.3 percent in the past year, according to the 2013 South Carolina Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News in Evanston, Ill.

Among Americans who say they'd like to retire, 32 percent say they're unsure if they can, according to a new Pentegra Retirement Services survey.

While U.S. small-business owners are evaluating their year-end business performance and defining objectives for next year, they also should examine how their existing benefits programs take care of primary financial concerns, especially as managing health care costs is the most important human resources issue for small businesses, according to the...

Sixty-four percent of employers use market-based salary structures rather than traditional pay structures at 23 percent and broadband structures at 12 percent, both of which were once popular, according to the 2012 Survey of Salary Structure Policies and Practices, a new study by WorldatWork and Deloitte.