BizTimes Milwaukee

Employers often rely on social media to achieve important workforce-related goals, which can include hiring a top-notch workforce, protecting the business's online reputation, and fostering a collegial work environment. Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission strongly signaled to employers that it is ready to take a closer look at how equal employment opportunity laws are impacted by social media.

Wisconsin's bioscience industry is “sizable and growing,” with the number of jobs in the industry growing 8.2 percent to nearly 31,800 between 2007 and 2012, according to a new Battelle/BIO report.

An aging workforce and a growing cadre of retired workers seem destined to provide difficult economic challenges for Wisconsin in the future.

Earl Buford has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, succeeding Donald Sykes, who has served in that capacity since 2006.

Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Integrys Energy Group Inc. for $9.1 billion in cash and stock is drawing mixed reviews on Wall Street.

The Milwaukee Bucks and new owners Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens are hopeful that first-round draft pick Jabari Parker will be a game-changer on and off the basketball court for the organization.

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is pledging to be nonpartisan and as respectful of individuals' privacy as possible in dealing with the public release of John Doe emails in coming weeks.