Employee Participation

Minnesota Republican senators got a taste Monday of the fight over labor rights that gripped other Midwestern statehouses in the last year, with a committee narrowly passing legislation to curb union power even as hundreds of demonstrators chanted and yelled just feet away.

Its hardly news that employers and would-be workers often see things differently. And its admittedly been a buyers market for employers the last couple of years with a glut of out-of-work, qualified candidates, but as the job market recovers, so will the clout job seekers bring to the interviews.

Word that California's unemployment rate dipped below 11 percent for the first time in three years provided just a small sliver of hope but a sliver nonetheless for people who in some cases have been making weekly trips to the unemployment office for years.

Questions about cost and access to birth control have been swirling for weeks now, intensifying after a Georgetown University law school student testified before congressional Democrats in support of a new federal policy to pay for contraception that she said can add up to $1,000 a year, not covered by...

For many employees, trying to understand their benefits plans can be a confusing and frustrating process. Between traditional health plans, wellness programs, consumer-driven health care and retirement just to name a few there are so many options to consider, and employees need the proper education to make the...

U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession ended. The unemployment rate was unchanged, largely because more people streamed into the work force.