Employee Participation

If anyone deserves an A+ this week, it's a group of San Jose State University students who turned their Social Action class project into a successful campaign to boost the local minimum wage.

With the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that the overall February jobless rate fell to 7.7 percent, ManpowerGroup, a provider of work-force solutions, recommends workers carefully look at how to apply their core skills to growing industries and develop new skills that are applicable across various industries and different...

Employees at a Florida health care company are allowed to drink on the company's tab, on company time, thanks to a perk known as "Beer Cart Fridays."

The U.S. economy added a robust 236,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent.The government does one survey to learn how many jobs were created and another survey to determine the unemployment rate. Those surveys can sometimes produce different results, although in February...

A burst of hiring last month added 236,000 U.S. jobs and reduced the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January. The robust gains suggested that the economy can strengthen further despite higher taxes and government spending cuts.

For the most successful mentoring program, an employer should implement a formal process, which ensures accountability, says Jason Carney, director of human resources at WorkSmart Systems Inc..