Employee Participation

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.

The state of Connecticut has required a private security company hired to protect several office buildings to provide some guards back pay after a review showed the firm breached its contract with the state by underpaying the workers.

Within a year, employers lose nearly one-quarter of new hires while another one-third don't satisfy productivity targets, according to Allied Van Lines 2012 Allied Workforce Mobility Survey.

It occurred to me most conversations with HR occur because youre in trouble or youre getting bad news about money. So, if any of us do harbor ill will toward our HR managers, its a classic case of shooting the messenger.