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Paid sick days for all
Sarah Gardner Sep 1, 2007
Democrats want to guarantee all Americans seven days of paid sick leave a year, but passing the legislation won't be a slam dunk: Some Republicans and the business lobby are resistant.
Stemming the Boomer retirement tide
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Sep 1, 2007
One California professor says we need to invest in educating the children of immigrant workers, because they may be our best hope for replacing the wave of Baby Boomers about to leave the workforce.
Minimum-wage accord faces maximum challenge
Steve Tripoli Sep 1, 2007
A House committee released a $1.2 billion package of small-business tax cuts today. The House is trying to find common ground with the Senate on a minimum-wage increase, but that ground is proving shaky. Steve Tripoli reports.
Day in the Work Life: Looking for love
Sep 22, 2011
On this week's 'A Day In the Work Life,' our regular look at how folks trade time for money, we make a date with a matchmaker.
How to raise the money question
Sep 22, 2011
Most workers would prefer a root canal to asking their boss for a raise. So we decided to find out how to make that conversation less painful. Tess Vigeland reports on the do's and don't's of preparing for the money talk.
Alcatel-Lucent cutting 12,500 jobs
Alisa Roth Sep 1, 2007
Growing pains at the world's largest maker of telecommunications equipment: Alcatel-Lucent announced today that it will lay off even more workers than anticipated. And don't look for a quick turnaround.
You think your commute is bad?
Sep 1, 2007
When the coal mines near Canada's east coast closed, miners found work in Alberta's Oil Sands 3,000 miles away. Phonse Jessome reports on the impact the western Canadian industry has on one small eastern town.
Low pay amid the height of luxury
Kai Ryssdal Sep 22, 2011
Yale sociologist Rachel Sherman did some hands-on research into what it's like to work in a low-wage job at a five-star hotel. She talks with Kai Ryssdal about her experience.
Chrysler may join GM, Ford in making cuts
Alisa Roth Sep 1, 2007
Daimler-Chrysler's putting together a major restructuring plan, according to The Detroit News. Alisa Roth explains that we'll know a whole lot more next week.
Tomorrow's perfect employee
Sep 1, 2007
After reading "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells, commentator Moira Manion has some thoughts about what we might expect for the workers of the future.
