NEW YORK—Faced with tight budgets and an uncertain economic climate, employers are increasingly turning to bonuses and performance-based pay as a strategy for retaining top-performing workers, according to a recent WorldAtWork study. Stay current on this latest workplace trend in this week’s edition of HR Corner.

On the workplace health care front, a recent poll of U.S.-based companies conducted just after Election Day found that many respondents had delayed enacting health care plan changes required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Since it looks like health care reform law will survive largely intact, companies are scrambling to play catch up. Find out how corporate America feels about health care reform issues in the latest edition of Personnel File.