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Employers know they need to find ways to motivate, and in turn, keep high-achieving employees. According to the Incentive Research Foundation's new white paper, “Critical Findings for Recognition Travel Programs,” creating an all-employee recognition travel program might be a great place to start.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that employees ages 45 to 64 will make up a full third of the workforce by next year. Along with job responsibilities, many in this age group also juggle family care-giving responsibilities.

Officials at a public hospital district have come under fire after awarding the former CEO nearly $4 million in retirement payments in addition to his $150,000 annual pension after staffing was reduced by hundreds of people.

Unions representing hundreds of thousands of public employees in Illinois are joining forces to protect their pensions as officials look for ways to close a massive budget deficit.

Work on pension legislation in the Kansas Legislature stalled Tuesday when House members pressed for a vote in the Senate on creating a 401(k)-style retirement plan for teachers and government workers instead of studying the idea.

Women’s confidence in their ability to plan for retirement has reached a three-year high, with 69 percent of women rating their confidence level as good or very good. In addition, for the first time in three years, women’s confidence is on par with men’s (71 percent of men rate their...

Like thousands of others in a region already struggling with high unemployment, Rapley now faces the prospect of trying to recover with no way to earn a living.

Some of the hardest hit areas by recent devastating tornadoes are those that have the highest unemployment rates.