Employee Participation

• Obama observes 50th anniversary of Equal Pay Act

  By Jim Kuhnenn  |  June 10, 2013

  President Barack Obama says that 50 years after enactment of the Equal Pay Act, the nation still faces gender wage disparities that must be fixed. "This is the 21st century," he declared. "It's time to close that gap."

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  Want more time off?

  By Sam Hananel  |  June 10, 2013

  Some companies allow their workers to buy and sell vacation time, a perk that gives workers more flexibility in managing their time off.

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  Automakers about to go on hiring spree

  By Tom Krisher  |  June 10, 2013

  The auto industry is about to go on a hiring spree as car makers and parts suppliers race to find engineers, technicians and factory workers to build the next generation of vehicles.

• Unions compete to organize under new Vermont law

  By Dave Gram  |  June 7, 2013

  Two national unions competing to organize Vermont home care workers under a new state law took their fight before the state Labor Relations Board on Thursday, with one pushing for a quick union vote and the other urging caution.

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  Jobless rate ticks up

  By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER  |  June 7, 2013

  The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May, a gain that shows employers are hiring at a still-modest but steady pace despite government spending cuts and higher taxes.

• House passes measure to deport young immigrants

  By David Espo  |  June 7, 2013

  The Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to resume the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children, a largely symbolic move in the first immigration-related vote in either chamber of Congress this year and a measure of the daunting challenge facing supporters of a...

• House rejects Obama policy on immigrant teens

  By Andrew Taylor  |  June 6, 2013

  The GOP-controlled House voted Thursday to reject President Barack Obama's policy to end deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the country illegally who were brought to the United States as children.

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  Private employers post weak job gains

  By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER  |  June 5, 2013

  A private survey shows U.S. businesses added just 135,000 jobs in May, the second straight month of weak gains.

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  Extremists testing the limits of team-building

  By Dan Cook  |  June 4, 2013

  Team-building has undergone a radical transformation, though not everyone in the business is a fan.

• Union says it’s barred from airline vote

  By The Associated Press  |  May 30, 2013

  A fight over representing American Airlines mechanics will come down to two unions after a third union said Wednesday that it was blocked from the election.