Sen. Barbara Boxer and Sen. Barbara Mikulski discuss Paycheck Fairness Act.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski is calling on the Obama administration to prohibit federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss salaries -- a new twist on a key provision of the pay equality [...]

Staying home with the flu can be hard for workers, but it's better for you and others. Rachel Figueroa-Levin, 26, doesn't work outside her New York home and yet she's worried that the nasty flu [...]

Congress is likely to remain in session until Christmas Eve -- wrangling over the looming sequester and expiration of the Bush tax cuts. The country doesn't have enough money, or doesn't spend it right, or [...]

In the Wall Street Journal last week, Josh Mitchell reported that "Women account for a third of the nation's lawyers and doctors, a major shift from a generation ago." The report was triggered by a [...]