Employers have been in wait-and-see mode pending the Supreme Court decision on health care reform legislation. If the court had overturned it, several mandates would have been scrapped for employers. Now they will need to quickly turn their attention to fulfilling requirements that face serious penalties for non-compliance.

The U.S. economy expanded at a 1.9 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, a weak pace that few economists see changing much this year.

The Supreme Court's imminent ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul marks a key pivot point in the presidential race. But neither side knows which direction the high court's decision will turn the contest.

Although the unemployment rate remains high, 38 percent of employers say they cannot find qualified candidates for open positions, 34 percent say these job vacancies are causing the work quality to fall as employees are overworked, and 23 percent say it has caused revenue losses, according to a recent survey...