Leadership: A Gender-Balanced Act One would have thought that in the 21st century the discourse about the role of gender in leadership would have been a story of the past. Nothing is further from the truth.

Worker Absenteeism Shows Up in Bottom Line

On any given day, about 1,500 J.C. Penney Co. employees are on a leave of absence from one of the company's 11,000 stores across the country. About 1,200 workers a day will be out on disability. It's a problem lamented in human resources offices across the nation as lost days of work can add up to big money. And in recessionary times when profits are slim, it's a cost that most managers would prefer to eliminate.

Cuts in HR can Present Big Risk for Businesses

In good times, there are more employees in the work force -- and when the economy slows, more of them file suit. Employment law experts discuss some of the biggest human resources challenges in the current economy and moving forward.

Employers Plan to Further Slow Hiring, According to Global Survey

Employers globally expect to slow their hiring in the three months to March, a quarterly survey by Manpower Inc. showed, adding to the pain from the financial crisis that has already put much of the rich world into recession. The staffing firm's quarterly survey of over 71,000 firms in 33 economies.