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Authored by Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, the Legal Workforce Act is praised by supporters for streamlining the employment verification system and reducing fraud, but the bill is not without its critics.

A new report shows the flu is more of a pain than just a runny nose and a fever. According to a Walgreens study, last flu season resulted in 100 million lost works days, along with nearly $7 billion in lost wages and 32 million missed school days.

Boston-based Fidelity Investments secured its status as the leader in the defined contribution market with $17 billion in assets under administration in the first half of 2011, the financial service firm announced Wednesday.

In exchange for an agreement to create 5,100 union jobs in the U.S., General Motors will hire thousands of less expensive employees and try to replace some longtime workers.

Kaiser Permanente employees in Southern California are staging a walkout to protest proposed benefit cuts and a lack of progress on contract talks.

A major overhaul of the workers' compensation system in Washington is already helping keep costs down for businesses, state officials said Tuesday while disclosing a major rate increase isn't needed to keep finances stable.

The number of young adults without health insurance has dropped significantly, a new survey finds, thanks to a provision of President Barack Obama's health care law allowing them to stay on their parents' plans.

Nearly one in five of the jobs listed on a state website touted by Gov. Scott Walker as a resource for unemployed Wisconsin residents are actually located in neighboring states, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.