Cost-Containment

About 40 employers have trained more than 1,300 people over the last two years in mental health first aid, a relatively new kind of training that is designed to give ordinary people tools to help someone in need.

While wellness programs have value when it comes to building company culture, employee engagement and teamwork, companies need to do more than hand out Fitbits if they want to move the needle on health-care costs.

As human resources professionals continue to concentrate on assessing the needs of their organizations, one key area to focus on is preventing the theft of sensitive personal and business information.

The new tax law includes a two-year credit for paid leave, but employers have no official guidance yet on how to take advantage of it.

For decades, public and private health-care spending have grown significantly faster than the economy as a whole, a phenomenon known as excess-cost growth.

With the wage increase and bonus payment, the company seeks to even its pay gap with resurgent rival Target Corp., while simultaneously sending a high-profile thank you to the U.S. government for slashing the corporate tax rate.