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While U.S. small-business owners are evaluating their year-end business performance and defining objectives for next year, they also should examine how their existing benefits programs take care of primary financial concerns, especially as managing health care costs is the most important human resources issue for small businesses, according to the...

Sixty-four percent of employers use market-based salary structures rather than traditional pay structures at 23 percent and broadband structures at 12 percent, both of which were once popular, according to the 2012 Survey of Salary Structure Policies and Practices, a new study by WorldatWork and Deloitte.

Apparently benefits managersalong with half my Facebook friendswere just as upset over last Tuesdays election results.

Both sides in the NHL labor fight seem willing to talk. The problem is neither group likes what is being said at the other end of the table.

Business owners say they're focused on creating new jobs; however, they're not doing enough when it comes to business planning, which could unintentionally hurt their businesses, according to the 2012 U.S. Trust Insights on Wealth and Worth Survey.

U.S. stock futures fell sharply Friday in some of the heaviest trading this week before President Barack Obama speaks about avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff, an issue that has driven markets lower since his re-election three days ago.