In the first quarter, one-third of employers added full-time, permanent employees, which is on par with 2007, and marks the highest increase since the recession began.

Explore General Inc. in Fresno, Calif., and Jaime M. Gonzalez, the companys former CEO and president, have been ordered to pay $519,601 to the company's 401(k) profit-sharing plan, according to the terms of a judgment and order entered in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Private-sector employers added 209,000 jobs from February to March after seasonal adjustments, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report, created by Automatic Data Processing Inc. in partnership with Macroeconomic Advisers.

Although many employers are considering full-replacement high-deductible plan offerings or trying to increase enrollment in existing HDHPs, nearly half of all plans still have no in-network deductibles, according to the 2012 Medical Plan Trends Report by HighRoads and Corporate Executive Board.

Female small-business owners feel more confident regarding the success of their businesses than their male counterparts and are more cautious when it comes to business risks, according to the Small Business Pulse, a survey by The Hartford.

The U.S. Department of Labor is making available a $16,532,485 National Emergency Grant supplement to fund roughly 2,200 temporary jobs to continue helping cleanup and recovery efforts from the tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., on May 22, which caused flooding in multiple Missouri counties between mid-April and early June 2011.

High-growth organizations, defined as growing 10 percent or more annually, invested an average of $12,352 for every mobile employee while lower-growth companies, which grow 1 percent or less annually, invested an average $7,830 per mobile employee, revealing a correlation between higher investment in employee mobility and higher organizational growth, according...

U.S. employees are more optimistic when it comes to the economy, job market, and their personal employment situations as confidence hit 55.5 in March, according to the latest Randstad Employment Report.