Employee Participation

Human resources professionals dont always have the best reputations among employees. When theres a layoff, HR is involved. If a discipline problem arises, HR finds its way into the mess.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose last week, though the data was likely skewed higher by seasonal factors.

Massachusetts nurses commended House and Senate legislators for including an overtime ban in its health care cost-reduction bill.

A private survey shows U.S. businesses kept hiring at a modest pace in July, suggesting the job market could be improving after three sluggish months.

A bill to fire federal workers who are tax deadbeats passed the House on Tuesday in an attempt to confront a problem that showed little improvement in the past decade.

Labor productivity is the top factor for becoming competitive in the manufacturing sector, according to a new global survey commissioned by Kronos Incorporated and conducted by IDC Manufacturing Insights.

More nonprofit employers are reporting growing confidence as 48 percent say they are hiring this year, representing a 6 percent increase from 2011, according to a survey by Idealist.org.

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of just 1.5 percent from April through June, as Americans cut back sharply on spending. The slowdown in growth adds to worries that the economy could be stalling three years after the recession ended.