Employee Participation

Youth could very well be wasted on the young, but to hear them tell it, work is wasted on the old.

The Congressional Budget Office says an immigration bill passed by the Senate would cut illegal immigration by one-third to one-half beyond what would happen under existing law.

As we celebrate American independence, summers peak (unofficially, anyway) and a long weekend ahead, I thought Id take time out to touch on a few different, lighter, summer fare-type issues this week.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 346,000 last week, evidence that the job market is still improving modestly, despite signs of slower growth.

A whopping 70 percent of U.S. workers say they are not engaged or actively disengaged with their work.

White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars stiffening the bill's border security requirements without delaying legalization for millions living in the country unlawfully.

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose by 18,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 354,000. Despite the gain, the level remains consistent with moderate job growth.

It was a beautiful day in the Windy City, the last of the 2013 SHRM conference, but the weather had nothing to do with the fact that U2s Its a Beautiful Day was being piped in to the estimated 10,000-plus people at the final big presentation.