Amanda Mcgrory Dixon

Employers expect to hire more employees during the fourth quarter for commercial and administrative jobs, according to a recent hiring trends survey conducted by Express Employment Professionals, a privately held staffing company.

Job growth for recruiters hit 12 percent in September with 14,000 jobs available, which outpaces prerecession levels, according to research by WANTED Analystics.

Pancho's Inc., which conducts business as Pancho's Mexican Restaurant I, II and III, as well as Papa's and Beer Mexican Restaurant are to pay 85 employees $485,913 in back wages following investigations by the U.S. Department of Labors Wage and Hour Division.

With Baby Boomers continuing to retire, only 17 percent of hiring managers say prospective applicants to fill these positions have the necessary skills and traits, according to the 2012 Job Preparedness Indicator from the Career Advisory Board, established by DeVry University.

Sixty-four percent of voters in America say complicated government rules and regulations are posing major barriers to job creation and want Congress to focus on the issue, according to a new nationwide survey conducted by the Common Good by Clarus Research Group, a nonpartisan survey firm based in Washington, D.C.

Many of todays pay programs and practices are changing as formalized compensation programs that include written philosophies, salary structures and active performance management are becoming more popular even among small employers since 2003, according to Compensation Programs and Practices 2012, a new study by WorldatWork.

From one year ago, national health expenditures in August grew 3.8 percent, which equals the July rate and marks the fourth consecutive month of below 4 percent growth, according to the October Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released by Altarum Institutes Center for Sustainable Health Spending.

Hiring and economic growth is expected to pick up in 2013 while the real gross domestic product growth is projected to near a 4 percent annual pace with more than 250,000 jobs created per month by 2014, according to the report U.S. Macro Outlook: Slow and Steady Isnt Enough by...