Globalization, the economic recession and rising unemployment have increased job insecurity which is having a negative impact on the health of employees, European researchers said on Tuesday. In a study of more than 23,000 workers in 16 European countries, an international team of scientists found that the fear of losing a job significantly increased ...

Due to the economic turmoil, job losses are not new. But, this recession helps the job searching websites to grow high. More people are registering in job searching & career development websites, even if they are still employed, a new study says. Nielsen Online reported that it found 20 percent of increase in unique visitors to job searching & career development websites. Moreover unemployment rate was ...

Software giant Microsoft Corp has dropped its attempt to demand some severance money from 25 recently fired workers it had mistakenly overpaid. Amidst much of criticism, Microsoft is going back on its decision to require laid off workers to pay back the money that the software maker said was in excess of its planned severance....