Remote work led to a rise in cross-metro work, where employees can work in a different metro area from their manager. As The Washington Post reported, employees are 36% more likely to report to a manager who lives elsewhere and often in a city that hosts other managers, according to a 2024 ADP Research Institute analysis.

An analysis of changes in labor and sales for restaurants from 2019-2023 shows how the longer term effects of COVID led to higher sales for the industry.

The rapid labor market recovery from the pandemic, much faster than after the 2008 financial crisis, can be chalked up partly to aggressive government relief policies, said University of Michigan economist Betsey Stevenson, who served as chief economist at the Labor Department in the early 2010s.

But Pittsburgh's employment is down 2.1%, second worst in the U.S. and last in the Cleveland Fed's territory, also known as the Fourth District.

To better understand how access to a remote schedule varies by a worker's ability, job type, and demographics, accessiBe analyzed Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

U.S. union membership levels declined slightly to record lows last year, a government report said on Tuesday, and now organized labor faces fresh challenges from President Donald Trump's return to the White House.

Preliminary unemployment numbers for the entire state of Kentucky increased in December of 2024 compared to just one year prior.

In a new study from WalletHub, each of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia were ranked based on unemployment rate statistics from December 2024 to key dates in 2024,

Newsom’s optimistic state budget is already outdated, since fires will heavily impact both income and spending.

What's more, surveys have shown that Social Security checks are necessary for seniors to make ends meet. A poll from nonpartisan senior advocacy group The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) found that 67% of seniors rely on Social Security for more than half of their annual income.

Across the country, states aren't doing very well with their budgets. In fact, 27 U.S. states didn't have the money to pay their bills as of the end of fiscal year 2023, according to nonpartisan think tank Truth in Accounting.

In the final days of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced a number of policy initiatives and enforcement