Compliance

According to Aon Hewitt’s new absence management report, 85 percent of employers rank robust subject matter expertise regarding compliance as the most important component when measuring an absence management program’s success.

NFL owners are arriving at a hotel near Atlanta's airport to discuss — and possibly vote on — a deal to end the lockout that began in March.

Although 76 percent of employers use business-related social media, nearly half of all businesses do not have social media and networking policies, according to a survey by Proskauer's International Labor & Employment Group , which questioned more than 120 multinational employers.

The federal government's systems for analyzing Medicare and Medicaid data for possible fraud are inadequate and underused, making it more difficult to detect the billions of dollars in fraudulent claims paid out each year, according to a report released Tuesday.

Public employees hoping to form a bargaining unit to negotiate with employers will have to have a few more members in New Hampshire starting Friday.

Members of the NFL Players' Association executive board and team owners met for hours Thursday at a law firm in Manhattan, hoping another push could finally resolve the labor lockout that began in March.

June may turn out to have been a good month to find a job after all.

The monthly unemployment check is disappearing for the 1.2 million Californians who receive jobless benefits, to be replaced by a state-issued debit card, officials said Thursday.