While a falling unemployment rate sounds like a good thing, it can actually be indicative of people leaving the labor force because they can't find a job.

The recent strike by autoworkers is one signal of a changing labor market that gives more leverage to employees to demand better pay and working conditions. The post-pandemic world has seen consistent ...

Unretirement is a way for older workers to solve both financial and nonfinancial problems. Some retirees face financial ...

The labor market added 139,000 jobs and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.2% in May 2025, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those top line numbers indicate a ...

Work is fundamental to human flourishing. Work determines individuals’ incomes and total economic output, and it’s also a core component of meaning and contentment in people’s lives. A strong work ...

The U.S. economy is in the midst of an historic comeback. But it’s happening with the lowest rate of labor force participation in more than four decades and a record number of unfilled jobs. It leaves ...

According to the October jobs report, more than 92 million Americans — 37% of the civilian population aged 16 and over — are neither employed nor unemployed, but fall in the category of “not in the ...

Employees are considered part of the labor force, but the terms "employees" and "labor force" don't mean precisely the same thing. Not everyone in the labor force would fit the exact definition of an ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Filmed over seven years, Prime Minister is an unflinching look at Jacinda Ardern’s extraordinary political career, tracing her unexpected ascent to leadership in 2017, when at 37 she ...

Evidence suggests Trump administration immigration policies are shrinking the size of the immigrant labor force, and the broader U.S. labor pool in recent months, according to economists CNBC spoke ...

Businesses often hire workers from different cultural backgrounds, which can create a diverse, multicultural workforce. The U.S. Department of Labor says that employment laws generally make it illegal ...