Employee Participation

A Senate vote today to advance legislation extending emergency unemployment benefits is part of a broader agenda Democrats are rolling out in hopes of bolstering their fortunes in the November mid-term elections.

House Republicans are wary about facing voters in November without changing immigration policies, and are cautious about embracing legislation deemed to be an amnesty that could be used by opponents.

The answer is yes, though CareerBuilder says a quarter of those surveyed cited current debt level negotiations taking place in Washington as an uncertainty in their hiring plans.

The Labor Departments Office of Inspector General has recommended changes to the way it releases weekly jobless claims data after an audit found the system couldnt ensure fair access to market-moving numbers.

Wooing this years best graduate students in economics will be familiar faces from Harvard, Princeton and other U.S. universities -- and EBay, Google, Amazon.com and Microsoft.

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits declined last week to the lowest level in a month as the volatility typical during the year-end holidays waned.