Ohio's largest state employee union reached a tentative deal with state officials on Wednesday to extend its current contract until 2015, the first bargaining agreement following the defeat of the state's contentious union law.

Ninety percent of employers offer wellness programs and are finding ways to encourage employee participation in an effort to control health care costs, finds the Advertising Specialty Institute.

According to ManpowerGroup, employers can improve their talent retention rates by defining success upfront, which is outlined in its recent paper "Hire and Retain the Best Talent With Success Mapping.

No matter what happens to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (2010), the trend toward individual and small group health coverage sales shifting to exchanges likely will continue.