Benefits Manager

Spending on talent acquisition grew 6 percent to roughly $124 million in 2011, with a greater portion of those funds being used on professional networks, social media and customer relationship management technology, rather than job boards and recruiting agencies, according to a study by Bersin & Associates, a human resources...

California's unemployment rate fell slightly in October, to 11.7 percent, from 11.9 percent a month earlier, as the state added jobs in construction, education, health services and leisure and hospitality, the state Employment Development Department said Friday.

Forty-six percent of established small businesses created new jobs, and 57 percent increased revenue over the last year, finds a new report by Interise, a nonprofit that specifically focuses on the growth and success of established small businesses.

Just as the U.S. economy is making progress despite Europe's turmoil, here come two new threats.

Maryland lawmakers on Thursday discussed ways to spur job growth by accelerating borrowing in the state's capital budget in upcoming years to invest in infrastructure.

Rhode Island is taking dramatic steps toward fixing one of the nation's most underfunded public pension systems, but the true battle with public-sector unions may be just beginning.

For a human resources department, sometimes dealing with benefits just on the U.S. side can be complicated enough.

The Rhode Island Senate has passed a comprehensive overhaul of the state's drastically underfunded public pension system.