A Republican debate at the Grace Inn in Ahwatukee Tuesday night brought up many issues of employee benefits and the budget to candidates running for Phoenix mayor in the Aug. 30 election.

The city of Phoenix is beginning to feel some pressure as some wonder if their employee benefits may be costing taxpayers too much.

Carrie Sperling and Sue Shapcott moved here from Texas in 2007 knowing that Arizona wouldn’t recognize their same-sex marriage, but at least they would qualify for domestic partner benefits available to state employees because of Sperling’s job with Arizona State University.

Calling it illegal discrimination, a federal judge has blocked the state from cancelling insurance benefits for the domestic partners of gay and lesbian state and university employees.

Employees of the Kyrene School District got two pieces of good news at Tuesday night’s governing board meeting.

It can’t negotiate salaries. And it won’t defend every worker accused of wrongdoing. But a major national union is trying to persuade state employees to sign up as members — and give up 1.25 percent of their wages.

Experts who assist job seekers in finding employment said money isn’t the top factor workers look for when switching positions. Sometimes it isn’t even ranked No. 2.

Seeing what's happened elsewhere, the restaurant industry has convinced state lawmakers to prevent cities and counties from telling them how much they have to pay their workers.

Two organizations that promote "family values'' and nearly a dozen other states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let Arizona deny health care and other benefits to the domestic partners of its gay employees.

Two organizations that promote "family values'' and nearly a dozen other states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let Arizona deny health care and other benefits to the domestic partners of its gay employees.

SAN FRANCISCO - An Arizona law removing domestic partner benefits for state employees discriminates against same-sex couples because they can't get married to qualify, an attorney argued Monday before an appeals court panel.

An upcoming change to Albertson’s employee benefits for Arizona workers could leave some part-time employees without health coverage.

March 4, 2005

There are two competing visions for what kind of man is former Chandler Benefits Administrator Glyn Soehner. One is of a whistle-blower struggling against incompetent and dismissive city managers who are frittering away hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars through their inaction. The other, according to a city-funded investigation into Soehner's allegations, is of a volatile, paranoid and defiant man who fellow employees felt might be "capable of harming himself or others."

Most people know that Intel is a world leader in technology. But there is another side to this silicon innovation giant: In 2010, Intel employees volunteered at more than 550 organizations, earning $10 per hour for every hour volunteered in local schools and nonprofits through the company's matching grant program.

Apache Junction city workers’ paychecks are going to get a little fatter after July 1, but officials had to slim down health coverage to do it.

In the three years since Tom Houk’s wife felt a tumor snarled around her left shoulder, her body has been cut into, poisoned and burned to defeat the growth.

In the three years since Tom Houk’s wife felt a tumor snarled around her left shoulder, her body has been cut into, poisoned and burned to defeat the growth.

When looking for a candidate to fill a position, the hiring manager seeks someone who fits the basic skills requirements through his or her background and education.

More than 40 Gilbert employees rallied during Tuesday's Gilbert Town Council meeting, urging the town to make more clear what kind of vote is needed to form a union that would be able to meet and confer with town management over salaries and benefits.

DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. plans to offer buyout and early retirement packages to more than 75,000 of its employees, a United Auto Workers union official said Thursday.