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Those with high-school diplomas who normally would have no problem getting jobs as bartenders or taxi drivers are sometimes kept from getting the jobs by people with college diplomas.

Obama cited companies such as Costco Wholesale Corp. and Gap Inc. as he pressed lawmakers again to raise the U.S. minimum hourly wage to $10.10 from $7.25.

Companies with 50 or more full-time workers may be able to avoid penalties under the PPACA by offering these limited plans.

It takes a bit of time to get used to them, but treadmill desks are found to help improve job performance.

Scant momentum in the pace of hiring, limited income gains and rising mortgage rates are holding back consumers.

By going cheap on labor expenses, the old Borders bookstores made it hard to act on a strategic opportunity.

The CBO reports that a GOP-backed bill to redefine full-time work from 30 hours per week to 40 hours would increase the deficit by tens of billions of dollars.

A survey for HighRoads finds 50 percent of employers are in some stage of private exchange evaluation. But interest is also high in the self-insured model.