Wellness wins.

A new study released Tuesday by the Society for Human Resource Management during the organization's annual conference.

According to the report - sponsored by Colonial Life - employers are investing financially in wellness in hopes of decreasing their long-term health care costs.

"[Employers] are in an environment where they have to make tough choices," Evren Esen, director of SHRM's survey programs, said during a press briefing here.

"As they think about the adjustment they're making in benefits, they're strategizing how to get the biggest bang for their buck,"Read More  

I.R.S. Bars Employers From Dumping Workers Into Health Exchanges

Many employers had thought they could shift health costs to the government by sending their employees to a health insurance exchange with a tax-free contribution of cash to help pay premiums, but the Obama administration has squelched the idea in a new ruling. Such arrangements do not satisfy the health care law, the administration said, and employers may be subject to a tax penalty of $100 a day - or $36,500 a year - for each employee who goes into the individual marketplace.Read More