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A new OECD report on the job market for its 35 member nations found that employment rates have finally returned to pre–financial crisis levels. The recovery, however, has been uneven.
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Volkswagen has become the latest big car manufacturer to downsize in the face of stagnant global car sales and a push to have its plants be more efficient.
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School is out in many parts of the country, leading to what has been one of the rites of passage for teens — the summer job. And there is good news for the seasonal job seeker.
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A new report from LinkedIn shows that May hiring was 2.4% year over year and that the hiring rate is near a two-year high.
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Young women who have just graduated from college earn $3 an hour less than their young male counterparts. That gap has widened over the past 17 years.
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Based on filings the company made with OSHA, Worksafe reports that Tesla's incidence of injuries is higher than auto industry averages. The company points to recent improvements, but Worksafe is not...
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American employees apparently love their jobs more than they might let on. Nearly half took less than their paid vacation benefits last year and a quarter took less than 25% of their paid time off.
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Self-driving trucks could put millions of U.S. jobs at risk over the next few decades.
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Working conditions at Tesla's California auto plant are once again being spotlighted by a news report of injuries and pressure to meet aggressive production goals.
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Some 4,100 workers at SpaceX, a company owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, have reached a settlement in a pay dispute that will see an average payout of $500 per employee.
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A mass general strike is taking place in cities across the US today, as May Day actions protest low wages and the Trump administration's immigration policies, among other things.
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The national unemployment rate for March was 4.5%. In five states is it much lower. That shows how much the jobless situation can differ from place to place.
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Boeing has announced that it will lay off "hundreds" of engineers and technical staff in June. The company has reduced its total labor force by more than 7% since March of last year.
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The unemployment rate among black Americans was more than 8% in March, well above the national rate.
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Amazon.com said it would add 30,000 jobs in the United States over the next year. These will be part-time jobs, and 5,000 of the new employees will be able to work from home.
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