The French government is bracing for mass protests over its latest austerity measure: raising the retirement age to 62. The state pension plan currently starts paying out at age 60.

Employee benefits are all well and good, but workers seem to agree with the workplace posters: Safety comes first.

The Council of Canadians is calling on Ontario's teachers to pressure their pension fund manager to divest from private water services in Chile, taking the issue directly to teachers.

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has named seven members to its Investor Advisory Panel.

Investors around the globe are not as self-assured or as positive as they were a few short months ago. According to the Global Investor Confidence Index issued by State Street Global Markets, investor confidence fell 4.4 points from July's reading of 96.5 to 92.1.