Compensation/benefits managers are the most sought-after HR jobs for 2019 as employers up their recruitment game to stay competitive.

The rule no longer requires larger employers to electronically file detailed reports on workplace injuries and illnesses.

It's more necessary than ever for women to negotiate salaries, the least of which is that they live longer in retirement and need more savings.

'Every idea for reforming Social Security, good or bad, has been stifled,' Larson said, but the 116th Congress will change that.