Low Unemployment Sets Records
As 340,000 workers found jobs in April, the nation's unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent -- the lowest in 30 years. The unemployment rate for African-Americans hit an all-time monthly low of 7.2 percent. For Hispanics, the 5.6 percent rate was also the lowest ever.

Court Says Employers Can Schedule Workers' Extra Time Off
The Supreme Court has ruled that state and local governments can tell their employees when to take the compensatory time off that they agree to receive instead of overtime pay. The case involved a county sheriff's department in Houston that was accused of forcing employees to use time off credits at inconvenient times. The court found no basis in federal law for restricting an employer's ability to control the scheduling of time off credits.

Young Men Say They Want More Time for Family
A new poll has found a big shift in attitudes among men aged 20 to 39. Four-fifths said that a work schedule that allows them to spend time with family is more important than doing challenging work or earning a high salary. Putting their money where their mouths are, about 70 percent said if it were possible, they'd give up some pay to have more time with their families.

The Real World in the Workplace?
Disney and ABC have announced plans for a new reality-based television series that will document the working lives of staff members at a startup Internet magazine in New York -- and the cast will produce an actual magazine on the Web. The network says it will hire actual journalists with Web experience, and their personal lives will also be fodder for the show. So far, the show is set to cover the first six months of life in (and out of) the new office.