Employee Participation

A growing number of employers are coming to the rescue of employees with older parents by offering emergency backup care benefits.

Virgin Pulse says the key in part is to create a culture where employees feel appreciated and supported across all aspects of their lives.

President Barack Obama will sign an executive order today raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for U.S. government contract workers hired in the future.

Job openings in the fell in December from an almost six-year high and hiring slowed, a sign the labor market cooled at the end of the year.

Hospital jobs in the United States declined in back-to-back months for the first time in three years as medical care increasingly moves to outpatient facilities and hospitals anticipate reimbursement cuts under Obamacare.

A covered employee could also use FMLA to "meet routine family medical care needs, including for medical and dental appointments of the employee or a son, daughter, spouse, or grandchild of the employee."