Cost-Containment

The president said hes setting aside $500 million for community colleges, rewarding them for creating the best job-driven training partnerships with employers and industry.

While low-wage workers would benefit from a pay raise, some say the trade-off could be fewer jobs, shorter workweeks and less incentive to acquire skills and get better positions.

Of all the things President Obama shared with the nation at his State of the Union, HR managers and their employers no doubt paid closest attention to his remarks on immigration and the minimum wage.

Democrats can speak hopefully of a new populist moment centered on proposals such as a higher minimum wage, but this is the third or fourth time that the president has attempted to launch a new populist, progressive moment.

On its face, the idea of cutting spouses out of employer health care plans sounds like a good cost-cutting move. The Employee Benefit Research Institute, however, says not so fast.

The justices ruled that companies in many cases dont have to pay workers for time spent putting on and taking off safety gear.