Employee Participation

Workplace flexibility allows employees to reach their work and life responsibilities as well as help employers compete in todays global marketplace, said Henry G. Jackson, the president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, in a statement to Congress.

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits changed little last week, signaling modest job growth.

Forty-one percent of chief financial officers say finding a work-life balance is the biggest challenge for accounting and finance professionals, according to a new Accountemps survey.

With a high unemployment rate holding steady, military veterans - many of whom are disabled - have a hard time finding employment after leaving active duty. But, as a new ranking from CareerBliss shows, when they are hired, they often are happiest in technology and communications industries.

As more of America's children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope with an array of financial and emotional challenges, a new report concludes.

Confidence among U.S. finance and accounting employees rose 8.5 points to 57.8 during the first quarter of 2012, marking the highest level in four years, according to the Finance and Accounting Employee Confidence Index by The Mergis Group.