C-Suite

Companies with ESOPs and other broad-based employee ownership plans account for well over half of Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" list year after year.

ADP offers a list of suggestions to help employers get a better handle on the acts requirements.

Towers Watson finds that stock-based director compensation was static year-to-year, while cash compensation increased by 8 percent in 2012 over 2011.

While HR operations have been slow to integrate such tools into their daily operations, a Towers Watson survey indicates that they will be under pressure from the big bosses to do more.

Companies have all but stopped laying off workers. They just aren't hiring many.

The firm finds evidence of a closer rapport developing between the disciplines.