Employee Participation

While the focus on work-life balance has been directed to organizations and management, employees play a major role when the balance isnt achieved.

As part of an employers performance management process, it should also have a succession strategy for key roles in place, says Mary Herrmann, managing director of executive coaching at BPI Group, a global management and human resources consulting firm in Chicago.

Business and labor groups announced agreement Thursday on the principles of a key priority for a comprehensive immigration bill: a new system to bring lower-skilled workers to the United States.

Most employees are uncertain of their responsibilities as fewer than 20 percent of respondents say they feel certain regarding their expectations in the workplace, according to a new study.

Although confidence levels regarding the economy among information technology workers slightly dropped by one point to 55.8 during the fourth quarter of 2012, this figure remains high.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped 20,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 362,000, though it remains at a level that suggests slow but steady improvement in the job market.

Although constant connectivity is becoming a mainstay of the work force, female workers believe it doesnt increase productivity.

Lawmakers would get a sense of how a bill might help or harm West Virginia's economy before casting a vote, under a measure proposed by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin this session.