Benefits Manager

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits dipped slightly last week, though not by enough to suggest that hiring is picking up.

Some employers are struggling to find talent to fill key positions, even in this slow economy. With the national unemployment rate is sitting at 9.1 percent, there are plenty of people looking for work, but that doesnt necessarily mean employers finding the right job candidates, says Erin Peterson, recruitment process...

A day after he refused to endorse an Ohio ballot measure that limits public employee union rights, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he is "110 percent" behind the effort.

More employers are giving workers the option to tame health insurance costs for next year if they provide a blood sample and reveal details about their health habits.

The NBA players' association, not Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, proposed the elimination of the salary cap during negotiations aimed at ending months of labor strife, a league official said Tuesday.

Indeed.com's top five cities for job searches have a 1:1 ratio of postings vs. unemployed.

Wisconsin state workers will not receive salary increases during the next two years under the first pay plan put forward by Gov. Scott Walker's administration under a law that no longer requires the state to negotiate wages with unions.

A new report by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies has found that despite the gloomy retirement outlook among many American workers, one in five expect to retire before age 65.