Employee Participation

At a time when there's growing attention on economic disparities, labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats hope to build public support to raise the federal minimum wage.

The figure suggests that hiring remained healthy in November after picking up in the prior three months.

This surge in corporate beneficence isn't an indication that employers are becoming kinder and gentler: It's about the bottom line.

Orange topped the list for the worst color (25 percent of employers) and was the color most likely to be associated with someone who is unprofessional.

There seems to be no getting around it: Wellness plans, properly designed and implemented, work.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 316,000, a sign that workers are in less danger of being laid off.

Stung by plunging approval numbers at a low point in his presidency, President Barack Obama is urging donors to buck up while making a thread-the-needle appeal for bipartisanship with Republicans even as he calls for replacing the House GOP majority and holding his Democratic edge in the Senate.

This holiday season, Americans may not spend their green unless they see more red.