Using data on more than 24 million Blue Cross Blue Shield members in 2015, Moody's Analytics determined the relationship between county-level factors and 10 major health conditions, and found three broad groupings.

Six out of ten employees would take slightly less pay for an empathetic employer, and 77 percent would even work longer hours, according to Businessolvers survey of 1,128 employees.

Employers believe that the CVS-Aetna merger and other potential M&A deals in the industry are going to impact how people access health care - and how employers design their future health care strategies.

Costs for employer sponsored-medical plans in 2018 could increase by nearly triple the projected rate of inflation, as global risk factors such as high blood pressure, physical inactivity and obesity increase.

Which party is responsible for the U.S. skills gap? Is it schools? Employers? Local, state and federal governments? A survey of 2,023 U.S. adults conducted online by Harris Poll looked at the myriad causes contributing to the U.S. labor skills gap.

Namely pulled information from its HR platform database of more than 1,000 mid-sized companies and 150,000 employees, to glean insights about salaries, demand across geographies and HR department structures.

As globalization, innovation and demographic shifts continuously reshape the job market and the economy, the jobs to get will increasingly require not only a college degree but also specialized training.

A survey of hiring professionals and employers found that health insurance, flexible scheduling and free food and snacks are all well-utilized, but employee assistance programs, wellness programs and mindfulness training still fall by the wayside.