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The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped 12,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 334,000, a decline that suggests steady job gains will endure.

Going to the big SHRM conference next week? So is PetFirst, Pumping Essentials, Peppercomm and, oh, yeah, Hillary Clinton.

While some employers are cautiously viewing PPACA's implications on their businesses, Cumberland Gulf Group is getting ahead of the curve.

The majority of small businesses do not offer insurance benefits to their employees, often believing they cannot afford them, a LIMRA study has found.

About 95,000 state employees could be in line for a 4.5 percent pay raise as part of a tentative three-year agreement reached Tuesday between Gov. Jerry Brown and California's largest public employee union.

Backers of far-reaching immigration legislation are turning their attention to courting support and counting votes after the Senate pushed the contentious bill over early procedural hurdles.