Employee Participation

Although the unemployment number remains high, employers continue to struggle with recruiting and retaining employees with critical skills, largely due to a mismatch in rewards offered by employers and those desired by employees, says Laura Sejen, global practice leader, rewards at Towers Watson, a global professional services company in New...

Although most human resources professionals understand engaging employees leads to a better customer experience, only 15 percent report significantly helping in that area, according to a new survey by Temkin Group, a market research and consulting firm.

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Sixty percent of hiring managers say they are more likely to hire an older worker over a millennial at 20 percent, according to a new survey from Adecco Staffing US, a recruitment and work force solutions provider, conducted by Braun Research Inc.

It's a medical nightmare: a 24-year-old man endures 350 surgeries since childhood to remove growths that keep coming back in his throat and have spread to his lungs, threatening his life. Now doctors have found a way to help him by way of a scientific coup that holds promise for...

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plunged 26,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 359,000, a hopeful sign for the job market. It's the lowest level of weekly applications in nine weeks.

Union attorneys have asked a Madison, Wis. judge to let stand a ruling that Republican Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining changes are unconstitutional.

Employers will soon be offering workers their yearly opportunity to make changes to their health care benefits. All too often this open-enrollment period has required combing through pages and pages of confusing insurance terms.