As the economy slowly stirs back to life, employers increasingly find themselves in a position they haven't found themselves in quite a while: worried about keeping good employees.

Nearly two years after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the department of Health and Human Services this week finally issued its guidelines regarding the now-infamous state exchanges.

Its hardly news that employers and would-be workers often see things differently. And its admittedly been a buyers market for employers the last couple of years with a glut of out-of-work, qualified candidates, but as the job market recovers, so will the clout job seekers bring to the interviews.

Theres clearly very little thats affordable in PPACA. We just havent gotten all the bills yet.

Its not as sexy as employee lawsuits and it doesn't grab as many headlines as health reform, but retirement plannings about to get a little more interesting for employers and their benefits managers.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandates the creation of health insurance exchanges at the state level.

Since gracing the cover of Benefits Selling on our second issue, Ron Stone has continued as one of the leading independent worksite brokers in the country and one of the most civic minded ones in South Florida.

One of the best parts of my job is putting together the speaker lineup for our conference every year.