Employment

Students from Mastery Charter Schools met with recruiters from 25 organizations to learn more about the opportunities available after graduating.

About 485 registered nurses at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia are negotiating a new union contract with Tower Health.

The state had not disclosed the theft to the public until WHYY News contacted the Department of Labor about the funding.

Teachers say the city needs to better support Community College of Philadelphia students, many of whom are facing multiple economic challenges.

"World-class health care institutions have to pay world-class wages and offer their workers respect,” said one Philly City Council member.

New Jersey is now offering a state tax credit to residents who work from home and successfully appeal their New York tax assessment.

For a city of its size, Philadelphia has fewer middle-wage jobs than New York City, Baltimore, Nashville and D.C., research from The Pew Charitable Trusts shows.

The FTC has voted to ban employment agreements that typically prevent workers from leaving their companies for competitors, or starting competing business of their own.

The city is on track to expand labor protections for workers inside Center City office towers slated for renovation into residential buildings.

Bipartisan legislation is funding the program, which works to lessen the financial burden facing student teachers.

Philadelphia adults are more likely to have a college degree than the national average but less likely than some peer cities.

Temple officials announced that they have narrowed down their list of applicants, but have yet to disclose the names to faculty.

The partnership will prepare Hardy Williams Academy Mastery Charter School graduates for full-time positions at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

As office towers are retrofitted, residential buildings’ unionized cleaners in Center City say they worry about job security. But businesses say proposed changes go too far.

Members of the Philly food service workers’ union, including cooks, servers, bartenders, dishwashers and concessions workers, are walking off the job.