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Workers who don't trust the boss to keep track of their wages can now do it themselves with a new smartphone application from the Department of Labor. But employers worry that the time sheet app, along with other new initiatives, could encourage even more wage and hour lawsuits.

Groupon is adding 150 employees a month at its U.S. headquarters and trains them in a church because the conference rooms at its headquarters aren't big enough.

As an employer, are you doing all you can to protect your company from the impact of workers’ compensation claims? Injuries will happen, but here are some of the dynamics you should know about, as well as solutions from workers compensation experts.

Some of the states that have drained their unemployment insurance funds are cutting the number of weeks that a laid-off worker can count on those benefits.

Prominent labor leaders, frustrated that Democrats in Washington aren't aggressively pursuing the union agenda, are threatening to limit their campaign support for Democrats, an act that would hamper the party's bid to regain control of the House next year and keep a majority in the Senate.

Unemployment rates fell last month in more than three-quarters of the nation's states, adding to evidence that companies are feeling more confident in the U.S. economy.

Unemployment rates fell last month in more than three-quarters of the nation's states, according to a report from the Labor Department on Friday.

Vacations can be frustrating for a small business owner who's focused on getting the work done. Just when business is picking up, staffers are asking for time off. Even new ones.