In a move that could affect millions of workers, the Biden administration announced Wednesday that it was proposing to substantially increase the cutoff below which most salaried workers automatically receive […]
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Back to news homeHas ‘Gig Work’ Become a Dirty Word?
When more than 11,000 film and television writers in the Writers Guild of America union went on strike this month, they called out deteriorating working conditions, criticized unfair pay and […]
Golf at 3 p.m. Thursday? Sure, It’s the Afternoon Fun Economy.
At the Chelsea Piers outdoor golf club, on a recent unseasonably warm Monday afternoon, 55 people were playing golf by 3:45, and a handful were sipping beers. At CutLoose hair […]
How a Sprawling Hospital Chain Ignited Its Own Staffing Crisis
Patients lingered for hours on gurneys with serious, time-sensitive problems. Surgeries were delayed. Other patients developed bed sores — gaping wounds that for frail patients can be deadly — because […]
How Pharmacy Work Stopped Being So Great
If any group of workers might have expected their pay to rise last year, it would arguably have been pharmacists. With many drugstores dispensing coronavirus tests and vaccines while filling […]
Working 9 to 2, and Again After Dinner
How would Dolly Parton capture the daily grind in 2022?Working 9 to 2, putting in a load of laundryMake the kids a snack, but deadlines are a quandarySlack and emails […]
What if It Never Gets Easier to Be a Working Parent?
Above all, issues around managing child care and work that had long been considered private family matters were suddenly out in the open, turning the needs of working parents into […]
Dollar Stores Hit a Pandemic Downturn
Sandra Beadling was fed up with the 70-hour workweeks, the delivery trucks running days behind schedule, and the wear and tear on her knees from all the stooping to restock […]
Productivity Tips: Forget About Being Productive.
Some groups have found being productive particularly challenging during the pandemic. Half of parents working from home with children under 18, and nearly 40 percent of all remote workers ages […]
Flight Attendants’ Hellish Summer: ‘I Don’t Even Feel Like a Human’
But while airlines are eager to capitalize on the demand, many appear to lack the staffing to keep up.Bureau of Transportation Statistics data show that the number of full-time-equivalent employees […]