Employee Participation

New York's second largest public employees union has picked a new president after a three-year contract was approved without raises.

The nation's largest union of government workers chose a new leader on Thursday as its members grapple with efforts around the country to weaken labor rights or cut public employee pensions and benefits.

While only 65 percent of full-time employees plan on taking vacations, 81 percent of managers plan to do the same, according to a recent survey from CareerBuilder.

Demand for health care workers is predicted to grow twice as fast as the national economy in the next eight years when 5.6 million jobs are expected to be available, according to a study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

Although most employers participating in mergers and acquisitions practice e retention agreements, those that are most successful start the process early and do not only focus on monetary benefits, according to a new survey by Towers Watson, a global professional services company.

Southwest Airlines workers who load planes are protesting in Chicago over what they say is the company's plan to outsource some of their jobs.