Employee Participation

President Barack Obama will sign an executive order today raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for U.S. government contract workers hired in the future.

Job openings in the fell in December from an almost six-year high and hiring slowed, a sign the labor market cooled at the end of the year.

Hospital jobs in the United States declined in back-to-back months for the first time in three years as medical care increasingly moves to outpatient facilities and hospitals anticipate reimbursement cuts under Obamacare.

A covered employee could also use FMLA to "meet routine family medical care needs, including for medical and dental appointments of the employee or a son, daughter, spouse, or grandchild of the employee."

Prudential Financial Inc. is spending about $57 million to reward workers after topping Chief Executive Officer John Strangfelds profitability goal last.

How to prepare ahead of time so that a negative response to feedback can be handled better.

Bitter complaints about Maximus management practices appeared on the online portal Ripoff Report in October. Three months later, nine workers filed suit against their employer.

Service industries expanded more than forecast in January as the biggest part of the U.S. economy overcame the effects of snow and freezing temperatures to boost hiring by the most in more than three years.