Employee Participation

U.S. worker productivity fell from January through March by the most in a year. Stronger hiring at the start of the year was partly responsible for the drop.

When Wisconsin Democrats launched their recall drive against Republican Gov. Scott Walker last year, it was all about unions. They wanted Walker to pay with his job for pushing legislation that stripped almost all public workers of nearly all their collective bargaining rights.

Unions angry that Detroit is trying to mend its financially-battered books by laying off hundreds of workers and imposing steep contract concessions on those who remain are considering an illegal strike.

Employee confidence fell by 1.2 points in April following consistent growth over the past three months, according to the latest Randstad U.S. Employee Confidence Index.

The most visible organizing effort by anti-Wall Street groups since Occupy encampments were dismantled last fall were planned for May Day, a change from recent years when protests on the international workers' holiday focused on immigrant rights.

Youve heard of disability insurance, right? I mean what benefits manager worth his or her employee handbook hasnt, right? You sit down with your employees and go over the basics at least once a year, right?

When was the last time you were entertained by an employee handbook?

Employers are giving employees more options when it comes to managing when and where they work while also reducing some options that impact how much they work, according to the most recent edition of the National Study of Employers released jointly by the Families and Work Institute and the Society...