Employee Participation

More than 350,000 public school students spent a fifth day out of class Friday as bargaining to end the city's teachers strike dragged on ahead of a meeting of union delegates whose approval is required to seal any deal.

Most university and college career center directors say students have a lack of interest in formal career preparation and professional development, which is preventing them from successfully gaining employment, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers on behalf of the Career Advisory Board.

U.S. industrial production fell in August by the largest amount in more than three years as factories produced fewer cars and other manufactured goods and Hurricane Isaac triggered shutdowns along the Gulf Coast.

Mitt Romney is promising to reduce taxes on middle-income Americans.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped to the highest level in two months, although the figures were skewed in part by Hurricane Isaac.

Over the next year, 80 percent of employees expect to stay with their organizations, a jump from 65 percent in 2011, according to Talent 2020, a new survey by Deloitte Consulting in partnership with Forbes Insights.

A government survey shows about 821,000 U.S. households lost access to basic banking services between January 2009 and June 2011.

While 58 percent of public-sector employees say they are fully engaged in their jobs, another 38 percent of all respondents report being very or somewhat likely to find new employment if working conditions do not improve, according to a survey commissioned by ADP, a provider of human capital management services,...