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Some HR executives and healthcare experts believe it's time for employers to get out of the business of providing health benefits.

Coaches can help employees become more accountable for maintaining and improving their own health.

Cumbersome processes, vague standards and complicated or one-size-fits-all performance metrics are just some of the reasons most managers and employees dislike performance reviews. HR leaders need to design appraisal processes so performance objectives and priorities are illuminated and corporate goals can be achieved.

HRE presents an exclusive list of companies young workers find particularly inviting, with some employer best practices included.

Employers are taking new approaches to reducing the toll of stress in the workplace.

Engaging employees, while clearly important, is not sufficient to sustain maximum levels of individual and team effectiveness over time. Too many workers are stymied on the job, held back by roles that do not suit them or work environments that get in their way.

Recruitment-process-outsourcing vendors are finding that success requires them to gain an in-depth understanding of their client's culture.

A recent survey of HR leaders found that talent management is seen as the key to making HR more strategic. It also found that leaders at large organizations were more apt to use recruitment-process outsourcing than at smaller ones.

As foresighted and innovative as management might be, the thinking that's likely to have the greatest impact on improving processes, products and services emanates from the people closest to the work. HR leaders and others in organizations who understand this fact include frontline staff in an organized productive thinking process.

Human Resource Executive® presents an exclusive list of the nation's most powerful employment attorneys, along with experts' tips for hiring your own.

The Corporate Equality Index has emerged as the scorecard of choice for measuring GLBT-friendliness.

A 10-year study of the Dow Jones Industrial Average finds a different story than that reported by the media. But even though CEO pay has been found to be linked to performance, HR leaders still need to find better ways to promote pay-for-performance and to communicate corporate strategies.

Data compiled exclusively for HRE suggests that while HR leaders share many personality traits with others in the C-suite, there are some key differences that could impact your effectiveness.

Managing 24/7 global workforces presents a host of new challenges to human resource leaders. Certainly, the complexities of global HR require new strategies for communication and collaboration.

Instead of relying on traditional elections, unions are implementing innovative and aggressive "top-down" corporate campaigns aimed at increasing membership through external pressure. This increasing union activism requires new employer strategies.