American worker productivity gets revised up
Jeff Horwich Dec 5, 2012
American workers were doing more and making more in the past few months. U.S. productivity growth has been revised up for the latest quarter, to an annual rate of almost 3 percent.
Young workers seek new paths to jobs
Sayre Quevedo Aug 24, 2012
With the youth unemployment rate at double the national average, many young workers are finding that the path they thought would lead to a career -- go to college, work hard, land a job -- may not be for them.
Does high stress trigger creativity at work?
Teresa Amabile Mar 20, 2013
Commentator Teresa Amabile says don't count on it.
Protesters come out for International Workers' Day
Hugh Schofield May 1, 2012
It's International Workers' Day -- organized by unions and left-leaning political parties across the world. Thousands of protesters are out on the streets in Greece, France and even Russia.
California court rules lunch optional for workers
Eve Troeh Apr 13, 2012
The California Supreme Court has ruled that while employers have to offer workers a lunch break, they don't have to make sure employees actually take a lunch break.
An acclaimed Apple critic made up the details
Rob Schmitz Mar 20, 2012
The monologist Mike Daisey’s account of Chinese factory conditions in “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” made people think differently about their iPhones and iPads. But after an adaptation aired on This American Life, reaching China, an investigation there of his allegations found they were fabricated. Given other news reports on the conditions, will that matter?
Worker productivity up again
Joel Patterson Feb 2, 2012
Productivity is up amongst American workers, but how much longer can we expect to squeeze blood from that stone?
