Employee Participation

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped 15,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 320,000, the fewest since October 2007 a sign of dwindling layoffs and steady if modest job growth.

There's a sense of urgency to the quest for workplace harmony, as baby boomers delay retirement and work side-by-side with people young enough to be their children or grandchildren.

The young professionals on the bus seat behind me were talking about this years medical benefits, and I listened in. Its my business. (Benefits, that isnot eavesdropping.)

The mortgage industry meltdown torched a lot of individual credit ratings. Now, it appears more employers are using a poor credit history to deny employment to jobseekers.

The largest health carrier in the U.S. says it believes plan providers too often take a passive role in cost-containment. Payers, too, have a bigger role to play.

A measure of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits over the past month has fallen to its lowest level in almost six years, signaling fewer layoffs.