Among manufacturing and service-sector companies, about three in 10 expect to hire workers in October, according to the Leading Indicators of National Employment report from the Society for Human Resource Management.

Employee confidence grew by 0.8 points to 52.4 in September, which was 7.6 points higher than 44.8, the years low, in September 2011, according to Randstad's Employee Confidence Index.

Eighty-one percent of U.S. employees report feeling overall satisfied in regards to their positions, according to the 2012 Job Satisfaction and Engagement Research Report by the Society for Human Resource Management.

Thirty-six percent of workers report that promotions and bonuses are most likely to keep them engaged; however, only 27 percent of respondents say their employers offer these incentives while 28 percent of respondents say their companies even practice formal systems to recognize and reward employees, according to a study by...

Although most employers track absenteeism, they're failing to take the extra effort to manage and mitigate absenteeism, according to a new ADP Research Institute survey.

Sixty-nine percent of small-business owners and managers say complicated government regulations pose major obstacles to job creation, according to a new nationwide survey conducted by Clarus Research Group and commissioned by Common Good, a nonpartisan government reform coalition.

Although employers are hiring more workers, employee engagement is down, according to Mercers 2012 Attraction and Retention Survey.

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