Employee Participation

U.S. companies got slightly more out of their workers this spring after scaling back on hiring. The modest 1.6 percent annualized gain in productivity from April through June signals employers may need to hire more if demand picks up.

Massachusetts residents who are struggling to find employment could soon benefit from a new economic development law that would invest millions of dollars in state grants, workforce training and a web portal for small businesses.

Republican candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are making the hard sell to working-class and women voters while raising the volume of their criticism to cast the other guy as an extremist.

Although 80 percent of employers report using social technologies, 49 percent of employers say they are not taking advantage of the full potential.

U.S. employers posted the most job openings in four years in June, a positive sign that hiring might pick up.

It sounds almost embarrassingly cliche -- if not downright naive -- to say it out loud, but the news is full of scary stuff these days.