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President Barack Obama vowed to delay Congress' year-end vacation as well as his own Thursday for "as long as it takes" to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and long-term jobless benefits, his second challenge in as many days to conservative Republicans.

More than 40 percent of small- to mid-size businesses feel optimistic or very optimistic regarding their companies heading into 2012, even though 61 percent of those are having trouble in this economy and 50 percent are not meeting their 2011 business goals, according to a survey conducted by Zoomerang Online...

According to new research from talent solutions provider Lee Hecht Harrison, social recruiting is expected to take on a larger role in how job seekers find new opportunities.

A proposed rule announced Thursday by the Labor Department would require most federal contractors to set a goal of having disabled workers make up at least 7 percent of their employees.

The number of major U.S. companies covering the cost of gender reassignment surgery for transgender workers has more than doubled in the past year, according to a new scorecard compiled by the nation's largest gay rights group.

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in nine months, that latest evidence that the job market is improving.