labor

The first Labor Day parade took place in 1882. Historian Allyson Brantley says there are notable parallels between that moment and today.

Flexible and remote jobs help. Expiring childcare relief funds don’t.

It may be a strategy to cope with the electric vehicle transition.

That’s a good thing for the economy and for business — and could be a good thing for workers themselves.

That’s meant automating some tasks once done by humans and thinking carefully about the humans they do hire.

Extreme heat affects our health, our morale and our productivity. Employers will need to adapt.

Eric Vaughn, owner of a custom frame shop in Detroit, has been working with a two-person crew but might need a new hire for the fall.

Cities are among the biggest buyers of flexible labor, and they’re improving terms for gig work, says Xavier de Souza Briggs of Brookings.

Replacing face-to-face service interactions with automation could change American tipping culture.

Businesses have been finding ways to absorb wage increases without charging customers more.