Employee Participation

While 58 percent of public-sector employees say they are fully engaged in their jobs, another 38 percent of all respondents report being very or somewhat likely to find new employment if working conditions do not improve, according to a survey commissioned by ADP, a provider of human capital management services,...

The massive teacher strike in Chicago offers a high-profile test for the nation's teacher unions, which have seen their political influence threatened as a growing reform movement seeks to expand charter schools, get private companies involved with failing schools and link teacher evaluations to student test scores.

According to ManpowerGroup, a provider of work force solutions, employers should focus on building long-term flexible work models, especially as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the overall August jobless rate fell to 8.1 percent.

Thousands of teachers walked off the job Monday in Chicago's first schools strike in 25 years, after union leaders announced that months-long negotiations had failed to resolve a contract dispute with school district officials by a midnight deadline.

About 600 workers went on strike since early July at nursing homes in Connecticut to protest what they say are labor concessions imposed by the company that owns the nursing homes, Parsippany, N.J.-based HealthBridge/Care One.

The U.S. economy added only 96,000 jobs in August, below July's gain. Yet the unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent, the steepest drop since January.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney claimed Friday that President Barack Obama has failed to fulfill his promises in part because he does not understand what it takes to ignite a more robust economic recovery.

American employers cut back sharply on hiring last month, crushing hopes that the job market was improving and putting more pressure on the Federal Reserve to give the sluggish economy another jolt.