Congressional Democrats are urging a modest six-week cut in the number of weeks that unemployed workers can receive jobless benefits as House-Senate talks on a payroll tax cut slowly inch along.

Thirty-four percent of information-technology leaders believe they will add temporary workers while 35 percent anticipate bringing on more permanent workers during the first quarter, according to a survey by TEKsystems, a provider of IT staffing solutions and human capital management.

Board of director members are seeing smaller pay raises compared with last year, which continues the trend of smaller increases in board compensation since 2008, according to a study by Total Compensation Solutions, an independent human resources consulting firm.

PENSCO Trust has launched an education initiative to help investors prevent fraud.