Employee Participation

The council of the second-most populous U.S. city approved the measure to treat so-called e-cigarettes the same as conventional tobacco products.

The HR organization hopes to help employer do a better job of retaining older workers who can give them a competitive edge.

When it comes to comments involving a protected class, the law doesn't focus on the intent of the speaker.

Public awareness of workplace bullying has never been higher, but none of the more than two dozen states that have taken up the issue has actually passed any legislation to tackle the problem.

Nearly a third of today's workers are doing some or all of their work remotely, and that number is only going to grow as worker bees decide it is their right to work from wherever suits them.

WorldatWork says policies emphasizing PTO rather than more traditional vacation/sick day models increased by 43 percent between 2002 and 2010.

Background screening companies now increasingly sell their services directly to job applicants. Employer skepticism, however, may be their biggest hurdle.

The multiemployer approach may be catching on with companies that it view it as a viable alternative for providing health insurance and other benefits for workers.