general labor issues

Working mothers talk about the ‘mom tax’ — and the financial toll it takes on them. Happy Mother’s Day!

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Working mothers talk about the ‘mom tax’ — and the financial toll it takes on them. Happy Mother’s Day!

bruce lee May 13, 2023

As millions of Americans placed orders for flowers, massages and other gifts for Mother’s...

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‘Our schedule gets turned upside down in Ramadan’: How Muslim employees cope at work during the holy month and how you can help

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‘Our schedule gets turned upside down in Ramadan’: How Muslim employees cope at work during the holy month and how you can help

bruce lee April 16, 2023

Shaina Zafar wakes up around 4:50 a.m. in New York City, cooks some eggs...

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Yes, your work performance is being measured, but what about your employer? How to make sure your boss is up to the job.

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Yes, your work performance is being measured, but what about your employer? How to make sure your boss is up to the job.

bruce lee March 18, 2023

Whiplash-inducing cycles of record hirings and morale-draining layoffs — more than 200,000 in the...

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The best U.S. metro area for first-time home buyers is this Texas pandemic boomtown

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The best U.S. metro area for first-time home buyers is this Texas pandemic boomtown

bruce lee February 28, 2023

The housing market is difficult to navigate, especially for first-time buyers, but a new...

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ChatGPT is smart, but it doesn’t know what Henry Ford knew: Algos don’t buy cars

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ChatGPT is smart, but it doesn’t know what Henry Ford knew: Algos don’t buy cars

bruce lee February 11, 2023

Cambridge, Mass. ,Project Syndicate) – Microsoft MSFT,-0.20%Is reportedly happy With OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a natural-language...

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Commuting takes a big chunk out of the average worker’s day. So what do remote workers do with all that extra time?

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Commuting takes a big chunk out of the average worker’s day. So what do remote workers do with all that extra time?

bruce lee January 29, 2023

As more employers ask their white-collar workers to show up at the office more...

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U.S. labor secretary, in Davos, calls for ‘serious’ dialogue between business and labor

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U.S. labor secretary, in Davos, calls for ‘serious’ dialogue between business and labor

bruce lee January 20, 2023

,I know I’m here in a room full of mostly business people. I think...

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The ‘best job in America’ pays over $120,000 a year, offers low stress, healthy work-life balance — and it’s also in high demand

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The ‘best job in America’ pays over $120,000 a year, offers low stress, healthy work-life balance — and it’s also in high demand

bruce lee January 10, 2023

We’ve had the great resignation, the quiet quit, the resistance to going back to...

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Workers and retirees are getting some year-end goodies from Washington — and more could be on the way

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Workers and retirees are getting some year-end goodies from Washington — and more could be on the way

bruce lee December 29, 2022

America’s workers and retirees are getting some nice end-of-the-year gifts from Washington. – Advertisement...

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The top 1% was the only group to see real wage gains from 2020 to 2021, report says

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The top 1% was the only group to see real wage gains from 2020 to 2021, report says

bruce lee December 25, 2022

Inequality in the US deepens in 2021, with the country’s top 0.1% experiencing an...

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