Employee Participation

Unemployment levels in the world's advanced economies could improve next year, even though the number of people without work will likely continue to rise in several European countries, a leading international economic body said Tuesday.

Youth could very well be wasted on the young, but to hear them tell it, work is wasted on the old.

The Congressional Budget Office says an immigration bill passed by the Senate would cut illegal immigration by one-third to one-half beyond what would happen under existing law.

As we celebrate American independence, summers peak (unofficially, anyway) and a long weekend ahead, I thought Id take time out to touch on a few different, lighter, summer fare-type issues this week.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 346,000 last week, evidence that the job market is still improving modestly, despite signs of slower growth.

A whopping 70 percent of U.S. workers say they are not engaged or actively disengaged with their work.