Employment

A lot of people have been quitting their jobs ever since the pandemic started, thanks in part to the tight labor market. But lately, there are signs that job churn could be returning to its pre-pandemic level.

Wages were 5.1% higher this November than last, and the unemployment rate stayed steady at 3.7%.

The Federal Reserve is supposed to do both things. But Chair Jerome Powell said this week the Fed will keep raising interest rates to cool inflation, even if that pushes people out of work.

The strongest gains were in health care and manufacturing. The 261,000 jobs added beat expectations.

Starting today, any company in New York City with at least four employees will be required to include salary ranges in their job postings.

JOLTS numbers can tell us about demand for workers. But the data doesn't say how hard employers are trying to hire somebody.

We check in with Shauna Kruse, who moved her family across country and went back to school to become an esthetician.

Workers may not be the biggest beneficiaries of the work opportunity tax credit, says ProPublica investigative reporter Emily Corwin.

Low levels of worker protections correlate to a lower standard of living, researcher says.

It pushes back on the idea that the economy is slowing. But the number of workers who quit, were hired or were laid off didn’t change much.