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Health care spending increased 3.8 percent in March, according to a report from Altarum Institutes Center for Sustainable Health Spending.

One of the nations leading business groups is pressing President Obama to ensure incentives for job-sponsored wellness programs remain part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Falling interest rates caused pension liabilities to outpace growth in April.

A national push for paid sick days is poised to score a significant victory, with lawmakers in the nation's largest city set to vote on requiring businesses to provide the benefit to an estimated 1 million workers who don't have it now.

Small-business employment grew by 0.43 percent in March, marking the third consecutive month of growth after a 1.25 percent gain in March, according to the CBIZ Small Business Employment Index.

The number of part-time U.S. workers who could see their hours cut because of PPACA could reach as high as 2.3 million, a figure considerably lower than some have theorized.