Employment

While most incarcerated workers today help maintain correctional facilities, others are leased out to private companies or take part in work-release programs.

Mayor Parker is ordering city workers back to the office five days a week. Who is winning the battle between remote and office work?

It’s the end of the pandemic-era policy that allowed thousands of Philadelphia city employees to work from home for at least part of their workweek.

The new mobile vehicle offers career development resources on resume writing, interview skills, job searching and more.

There are thousands of tech job vacancies in Philly. A new partnership between CCP and Google hopes to fill the void by offering industry-recognized certifications.

Two-thirds of the more than 400 doctors on staff at the health system’s major Delaware operations, including Christiana and Wilmington hospitals, would be covered.

Momentum is building in the Senate and House to expand paid leave. With no federal law, 13 states and the District of Columbia have adopted paid family and medical leave laws.

A key priority for Delaware’s Hispanic Commission is ensuring immigrants can use their degrees from their native countries.

Graduate student workers voted overwhelmingly to form a union at the University of Pennsylvania, but their first contract could take years.

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.