It’s not just child care and health issues. Many people are looking at their old jobs and saying no thanks.

Aneesha Edwards in Lexington, Kentucky, is spending her last summer before college working in retail, where customer traffic is steadier than food service.

Bias against older workers may lead to hundreds of billions of dollars in lost wages and GDP.

Many are offering bonuses. Some are pounding the streets for leads. And potential employees suggest being nicer to workers.

One paper from 1990 changed business — and this thing we call employment — as we know it.

Seasonal gains in temporary jobs are behind last year’s pace.

Most people who’ve lost jobs during the pandemic didn’t get health insurance at work.

Historically, it’s been all about building employee loyalty and tax breaks for businesses.

Industries that tend to employ women have been hit harder. The effects will reverberate long after the recession ends.

And according to Americans who’ve already lost their jobs, they should be.