More important stats to think about before you vote exactly one month from today (OMG!): For the first time since January 2009, the nation's unemployment rate dropped below 8.0 percent to 7.8 percent. That's a big stat for President Obama to tout, following a week [...]

Paid sick days save companies money in long run Re: "The fix is on D.C. sick leave audit," Sept. 30 The Employment Policies Institute's Michael Saltsman makes several false assumptions when he questions the validity of research on paid sick days by the Institute for [...]

Men have lost more jobs than women over the course of the recession—in large part because male-dominated industries like construction have suffered some of the most dramatic drops. But male employment has also recovered at a faster pace. At their lowest point of employment in early [...]