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Despite an improved economy, new research shows most workers will not get an improvement in pay. To some extent, the move is a hangover from the Great Recession.
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Macy's hired 80,000 workers for the holidays, Toys "R" Us has filed Chapter 11, Amazon Web Services will begin to charge some customers by the second, and more important headlines.
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Workers at GM Canada's Ingersoll, Ontario, plant went on strike Sunday night. The plant's 2,750 workers build the company's best selling Chevy Equinox compact SUV.
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Workers at the Canadian assembly plant for GM's best-selling Chevy Equinox have authorized a strike if a new contract is not negotiated by Sunday night.
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Google faces a new lawsuit accusing it of gender-based pay discrimination, another black eye for the Silicon Valley company.
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Japanese conglomerate Softbank has made an offer to invest funds into Uber, Nissan and Renault have set a goal to sell 14 million vehicles a year by 2022, and more important headlines.
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The announcement this week that Target is hiring 100,000 seasonal workers for the holidays might be the first of other encouraging hiring announcements from retailers for the holiday season.
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The strength of retail sales in the fourth quarter of each year is a benchmark for how well the U.S. consumer economy is doing. Over the past ten years, the number of jobs added by retailers has been...
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Target saw its shares make a handy gain on Wednesday after the company announced its plans for hiring seasonal help.
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Reaching Generation Z, those born in 1995 or later, has become a challenge for marketers and prospective employers, according to outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray &...
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Census data tell us that if we want to stay married longer, our chances are better if we get a well-paying job.
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A new study from Princeton University indicates many prime-age men are no longer in the labor force because of a serious health condition, a factor that may help explain the decline in the labor...
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Employers based in the United States announced plans to cut payrolls by more than 33,000 in August, a 5% increase from the same period a year ago.
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The unemployment rate among black Americans remained well above the national average in August, as racial inequality remains in the United States.
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For some time, robotics experts have forecast that robots will replace many of the jobs within the retail industry. This is particularly true for checkout functions and packaging.
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