Employment

Spending summers working for no money seems like something students must do to land a job after graduation. But author Ross Perlin says there's more value in flipping burgers during the school break.

With tech companies in expensive battles over patents and copyrights, intellectual property lawyers are in the money.

Think your commute is long? Turns out a rapidly growing number of commuters are flying to get to work.

Economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers discuss the idea behind work sharing, which would allow workers to get partial benefits when companies cut parts of their job.

Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day has evolved since it was first started -- for daughters only -- 20 years ago.

Alan Krueger, chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, discusses the latest jobs report and whether the numbers for April are mediocre.

Our New York bureau chief Heidi Moore tells us why we shouldn't be moved by the monthly jobs numbers.

State and local budget deficits led to a surge in job cuts in education, and high gas prices hobbled the transportation industry, sending monthly planned layoffs up in April, according to job firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas