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In the early months of the recession, human resources consultants advised small business owners to take steps to boost their employees' morale, or risk losing them when the economy got better. That advice still stands.

Despite lingering health reform uncertainty and a still-sluggish economy, brokers remain oddly optimistic about their own individual futures but worried about the industry.

Hawaii is receiving $2.9 million from the federal government to help improve job opportunities for disabled adults.

Indiana workers taking voluntary buyouts will no longer be eligible for state unemployment benefits in Indiana beginning Saturday, and severance pay will be counted against unemployment payouts.

They don't have a deal yet, and they are just about out of time.

Several dozen school employee unions have notified the state they plan to hold votes to see if they can continue to formally represent their members at the bargaining table.