As of June 4, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging will no longer accept manually submitted background checks and instead will require that all job applicants for long-term care facilities or home health care agencies use electronic fingerprinting.

Chief financial officers say tax code certainty is now even more important than a reduction in corporate tax rates, given todays political, economic and regulatory changes, according to a new survey conducted by Alvarez & Marsal Taxand LLC, a founding member of the first global network of independent tax firms....

Industrial employment in Alaska grew by 1.8 percent as it gained 634 industrial jobs between April 2011 and April 2012, according to the 2012 Alaska Manufacturers Directory, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News Inc. in Evanston, Ill.

Thirty-four percent of employers around the world are struggling to find qualified talent, according to the Talent Shortage Survey by ManpowerGroup.

Employers should focus on the three Is: identifying needs, implementing programs and assessing impact, says Bill Molemen of Integrated Benefits Institute.

Workplace flexibility allows employees to reach their work and life responsibilities as well as help employers compete in todays global marketplace, said Henry G. Jackson, the president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, in a statement to Congress.

Forty-one percent of chief financial officers say finding a work-life balance is the biggest challenge for accounting and finance professionals, according to a new Accountemps survey.

Small businesses, which are defined as those with 250 or fewer employees, are reporting improved sales as well as increased hiring plans, according to a the latest national CareerBuilder survey.