Carol Kleiman

In today's labor market, where no job is secure and employers are much slower to fill job openings and are far more cautious about whom they hire, being able to...

Remember Generation X, the term applied to some 52 million Americans born between 1965 and 1977 who replaced their parents, the 76 million Baby Boomers? Now they're being replaced by...

Most workers are aware of the role the federal government plays in connection with their wages and salaries--such as setting the federal minimum wage, which now is $5.15 an hour....

Scaling back his work hours to spend more time with his family "is the best thing that ever happened to my career." That strong avowal--which sounds like an oxymoron--comes from...

Here's an update on important trends in today's labor market: Web job searches: An increasing number of job seekers post their resumes on the Internet, which is an important tool...

It's 2011, the year of Which Company Can Give Its Employees the Most Work/Life Benefits--and I'm happy to say my employer, Healthy Environments Leverage Productivity! Inc. (HELP!), a global work/life...

Letters, I get letters and phone calls and faxes and e-mail about the world of work: Q. Since 1999, I've been suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome, which I got from...

Three out of five days a week, Susan M. Benton-Powers, a partner at the law firm of Winston & Strawn in Chicago, sits at her desk and eats her lunch....

`Doing your own thing" has taken on a whole new meaning for many workers: More and more are opting for alternate work arrangements that fit better with their personal lives....

In the past year, there's been a noticeable difference in employees' attitudes toward their jobs: There's far less complaining about how awful working conditions are. The reason: A slowing economy...