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Northwestern Universitys football team has the right to form the first labor union in college sports, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

More than half of the cost $10,000 is attributed to presenteeism, the term coined to describe what happens when someone shows up for work but gives less than 100 percent.

Registered apprenticeships combine structured on-the-job training with technical classes, and the paid participants receive wage increases as their skills progress.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the Obama administration in a dispute over taxes on severance compensation, overturning a lower court decision that could have forced the IRS to refund more than $1 billion.

Statements by Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg over staff poaching in Silicon Valley could pose antitrust hurdles for her former employer, Google Inc.

The job of the HR professional is becoming increasingly difficult, and neither those in the C-Suite nor the HR people themselves are happy with the work being done.