Unemployment Lowest in 30 Years
Good news for job seekers: The nation's unemployment rate for January plunged to 3.9%, the lowest level since 1970. The economy has now had 107 straight months of expansion -- a new U.S. record. Employers added 387,000 new jobs to their payrolls, beating the 250,000 many analysts had predicted.

Microsoft Is Tops for Disabled Workers
A new survey by WE, the magazine for people with disabilities, rates Microsoft the best company for the disabled to work. Microsoft beat out last year's winner, IBM, by a small margin. The magazine has been ranking companies for three years.

President Bans Use of Genetic Tests to Discriminate
President Clinton has barred all federal agencies from discriminating against their employees on the basis of genetic tests. The announcement answered growing concerns that employers might use advances in medical research to make decisions about workers. The president also expressed support for pending bills that would ban employers from refusing to hire people at risk for health problems.

Delta Joins Ford in Giving Workers PCs
Delta Air Lines will join Ford Motor Co. in making low-cost home computers available to all its 72,000 employees, a spokesman has announced. Experts say other big companies are bound to begin following this trend, providing a new benefit to workers, but raising concerns that they will be expected to be available at all hours. Delta employees will pay just $12 a month for 36 months, for a total of $432.