Employee Participation

March 6 may not quite have the status of, say, the Fourth of July or Labor Day. But advocates of this non-holiday, designated as Employee Appreciation Day, believe its important for bosses to show workers they care on some day other than payday.

Jobless claims increased by 7,000 to 320,000 in the week ended Feb. 28, the most since May.

Employers are passing more of the cost burden onto their employees, thus creating the need for employees to make smarter decisions when it comes to their benefits.

Clients using the RightOpt private exchange from Buck Consultants at Xerox say they're seeing an average year-over-year decrease in claim cost per employee of 3.7 percent.

This just in a new study that offers contrary data on millennials to a study designed to bust myths about this overly examined generation.

Consumer confidence fell more than forecast in February as the initial elation over the drop in fuel prices waned and Americans grew less optimistic about prospects for employment and income.