The Corporations Trying to Ditch Workers' Comp
An Oklahoma commission ruled that a state law allowing companies to "opt out" of workers' comp and write their own plans was unconstitutional while similar bills in other states lose steam.
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On Pivoting: How We Talk About Labor
Euphemisms offer important comfort in a recession. They also tend to exclude the people hit hardest.
Why Teaching Girls to Code Is Not the (Only) Answer
We must do more to fill the gender gap in tech leadership and venture capital.
The City That Never Sleeps Is Waking Up to Its Pay Problems
Is New York—and the rest of America—failing the the Fair Labor Standards Act?
The Future of Work: Independence and Flexibility
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.
4 Ways You Can Seek Back Pay for an Unpaid Internship
Think you’re entitled to be paid for your unpaid internship? Here are resources you should know about.
How the Labor Dept. Let Companies Off the Hook for Unpaid Internships
Four years after warning for-profit companies about unpaid internships, the agency has investigated relatively few employers for wage violations.