Employee Participation

U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in July, a modest increase and the fewest since March. Still, the unemployment rate fell to a 4-year low of 7.4 percent, a hopeful sign in an otherwise lackluster report.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 19,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 326,000, the fewest since January 2008. The decline shows the job market continues to strengthen.

Colorado government employees will see their first pay increases in four years when they get their latest paychecks Wednesday, a sign that the state is continuing its economic recovery after the recession.

You might have noticed lately that a lot of what we read online these days comes packaged in lists. There are well-documented reasons for this, one of which is that its apparently better at grabbing the average eye even if its one more number in a headline among thousands.

Workers at McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's restaurants across New York walked out Monday in a one-day strike to demand better pay and the right to unionize, calling for minimum wage to more than double from $7.25 to $15 an hour and the end to what activists called "abusive labor...

A White House senior adviser is accusing the House GOP of "cruel hypocrisy" for contemplating legal status for unauthorized immigrants brought to the U.S. as children without also legalizing their parents.

Weve long since known about the disconnects between employer and employee, but a Monster survey shows us it might start before the relationships ever consummated.

Companies are increasingly confident the economy will grow at a modest pace over the next year and are hiring more, according to a survey of business economists.