Employment

A report authored by researchers from the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute reviews the options for a national family leave program.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Retail, construction, and health care post particularly strong employment gains.

• By Dwyer Gunn

A Supreme Court ruling, Elon Musk's union drama, and more.

• By Jack Denton

On the question of whether preventing employers from asking about criminal history really leads to more equitable hiring practices, the evidence is disturbingly mixed.

• By James McWilliams

Twelve photos that show the evolution of the U.S. labor movement from the early 1900s to today.

• By Ashley Hackett

Marco Rubio has a new plan to offer paid family leave through Social Security. Here's how it stacks up against the other proposals.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Corporations that have higher numbers of employment cases brought against them spend more money on lobbyists, who help influence courts and change labor laws.

• By Rick Paulas

And how we can make them better.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The jobs gap is finally closed. But there are still some glaring weaknesses in the economy.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Despite existing laws, multiple big and small organizations in the UAE continue to take away the passports of foreign employees, entrapping employees into a byzantine system of human rights violations and forced employment.

• By Jeena Sharma

At least one economist is skeptical.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The Trump administration is doubling down on the workforce development model that made the president a (reality television) star: apprenticeships.

• By Dwyer Gunn

New research suggests the policies—aimed at helping ex-offenders find work—can backfire.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Companies are increasingly using pay-for-performance to get around a $1 million federal limit on tax deductions for executive compensation.

• By Allan Sloan

A survey of American academics suggests there are health risks to not acting on your calling.

• By Tom Jacobs

Hummer limos, go-go dancers, a live alligator, and glowing aliens in spandex can all be found at the national workers’ comp and disability expo. Journey into the little-known workers’ comp industrial complex.

• By Michael Grabell

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Douglas Rushkoff

Over the past 25 years, the giant meatpacking company Tyson Foods has taken a lead in pushing for changes in workers’ comp in state after state—often to the detriment of workers.

• By Michael Grabell

Euphemisms offer important comfort in a recession. They also tend to exclude the people hit hardest.

• By Elizabeth Greenspan

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Nils J. Nilsson

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Ann Markusen

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Ruth Milkman

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Roberto Pires

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Nichola J. Lowe