Johnson Controls Inc. recently partnered with the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) to commission more than 1,400 business executives from various industries to answer a survey related to energy efficiency in North America and its effects on business strategy and employee relations.

E-Verify is a federal program that lets employers electronically check the identity and work eligibility of employees. To participate, an employer must register online and agree to use the system for all new employees.

Most employers haven't had employee retention on their minds. Last year, it's been quite the opposite. Many employers have had to reduce their workforce to remain in business.

"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is...

While January in Wisconsin typically brings cold weather and snow, the start of a new year also brings hopeful feelings and anticipation of what lies ahead. A new year can also be a time for making resolutions, commitments to alter or change various behaviors.

All the champagne bottles are empty, the noise makers are now silent and the clock has welcomed in the New Year. It is tradition to make personal resolutions, like start a diet, exercise more often, call your mom on a regular basis and clean out the attic.

With the help of a friend, commercial real estate broker Ryan Persitza has increased the gas mileage in his 1963 Volkswagon Beetle to 128 miles per gallon.

Wisconsin Steel Industries Inc., a Milwaukee-based heating treating business that exited federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May, has again entered a court ordered receivership.

New facility produces bricks with fly ash from We Energies' Oak Creek power plant

Obama awards $35 million in stimulus tax breaks for Wisconsin manufacturers; C&D awarded $19 million Army contract; Oshkosh Corp. lands another military contract

Empire Level keeps contractors on the straight and narrow

Pragmatism is guiding China's economic redux