According to a recent report by the Society for Human Resource Management, 83 percent of U.S. employees are satisfied with their jobs, but only 40 percent of them are content with their career development and advancement opportunities.

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Nationwide Supply Inc., under operation as Business Outfitters in Cheyenne, Wyo., as well as Guy Baldino, the companys president and owner, for not depositing employee contributions into the companys pension plan, which violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Management Concepts Inc., a provider of federal government training programs, and the Society for Human Resource Management are partnering to develop and offer a new HR training curriculum specifically developed for federal agencies.

Employers with the strongest workplace environments tend to make the most investments in workplace and employee initiatives, according to a survey by global public relations and communications firm Burson-Marsteller and global research training firm Great Place to Work.

Thirty-one percent of lawyers plan to hire legal staff in the first quarter of 2012, but another 4 percent expect to cut staff, according to the a quarterly legal hiring survey by Robert Half Legal, a legal staffing firm.

Throughout 2011, employer hiring plans remained mostly flat during the last three quarters of 2011, and signs point to a slow first quarter of 2012, according to a recent quarterly survey by BNA, a legal, regulatory and business information provider.

Twenty percent of chief financial officers expect to hire full-time accounting and finance employees in the first quarter in the first quarter while 11 percent plan to reduce staff, according to the recent Robert Half Financial Hiring Index.

There could be a stronger connection between corporate finance and human resources executives as U.S. companies start to focus on the implications health care reform could have on their reward programs and talent management strategies, according to a new survey by global professional services company Towers Watson and Forbes Insights....