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Why labor force participation has stayed about the same for years, apart from the pandemic
by
Henry Epp
Oct 7, 2024
Friday's jobs report showed the percentage of working age people in a job or looking for one was holding at 62.7% last month.
In the era of hand-drawn drafts, one landscape designer remembers: “I was creating a piece of art”
Jul 1, 2024
In the first installment of our series “My Analog Life,” a landscape architect reminisces about drafting by hand.
Work from home rates have reached a new normal
Jun 28, 2024
BLS survey data showed that in 2023, 35% of employed people did some or all of their work at home.
What happens when AI goes to work
Jul 21, 2023
Whether this new technology is a crutch, a competitor or a useful tool is still up for debate.
More “hottest day evers” mean changing the way we work
by
Stephanie Hughes
and Addie Costello
Jul 5, 2023
Extreme heat affects our health, our morale and our productivity. Employers will need to adapt.
After years of working from home, how has Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day evolved?
Apr 29, 2022
It started in the early '90s as a way to expose girls to their parents' professions. Boys are included now, too, and some say, it needs to broaden its approach even further.
Does universal basic income discourage work? Maybe not, new data says.
by
David Brancaccio
, Erika Soderstrom
and Rose Conlon
Apr 7, 2021
We're learning more about what happens when the government gives people money without conditions.
For public good, not for profit.
Slack outage was either stressful or delightfully freeing
by
Andy Uhler
Jan 5, 2021
The popular messaging platform was down for most of the workday Monday.
For some, it may make more sense at this moment to quit a job
by
Erika Beras
Sep 16, 2020
Some people may not feel their workplace is safe. Others may need to provide child care for their families.
"Scarcity" and why we don't have a 15-hour workweek
by
David Brancaccio
and Daniel Shin
Feb 27, 2020
Boston College professor Juliet Schor explains why the U.S. has never had anything close to a 15-hour workweek.