Employee Participation

Southwest Airlines workers who load planes are protesting in Chicago over what they say is the company's plan to outsource some of their jobs.

Because of new compensation regulations in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries, financial services companies are placing greater focus on talent management and rewards beyond pay in an effort to attract, retain and engage top talent, according to a poll of financial services executives conducted by Towers Watson,...

Two out of three members of senior management believe retention of key talent is a top concern, and 83 percent say it is very costly, according to the Retention of Key Talent and the Role of Reward study by WorldatWork; Hay Group; and Dow Scott, a professor of human resources...

Fifty-five percent of U.S. workers would leave their jobs for employers that practice employee recognition programs, according to a recent survey by Globoforce, a provider of employee recognition solutions.

Nearly half of U.S. adults did not receive preventive services, such as screenings, consultations and prescriptions, from health care professionals prior to 2010, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Backers of a proposal to write collective bargaining rights for workers into the Michigan Constitution on Wednesday submitted more than twice the number of signatures needed to place it on the November ballot, setting up a fierce election-year clash between business and labor.

Organizations that incorporate employee recognition programs boast a 31 percent lower voluntary turnover rate than those with ineffective employee recognition programs, according to a report from Bersin & Associates.

Forty-one percent of executives say social networking contributes to building and maintaining workplace culture, but only 21 percent of employees believe the same, according to a new Deloitte LLP survey conducted by Harris Interactive.