Employment

In the closing days of his final term in office, Gov. Tom Wolf is backing a regulatory change that would formalize nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people.

The legislation would provide privacy rights to domestic workers, and require employers and domestic employees to enter into a written contract.

The Senate has approved a measure meant to avert a railroad strike in eight days — without the paid sick days rail workers have been asking for.

D.C. Metro police offer better pay and an incentive for potential new cops to move from Philly to Washington, D.C.

The bill would codify safeguards for temporary workers in New Jersey. “This is not about politics," said Diego Bartesaghi. “This is about workers and workers’ rights.”

The goal is to diversify the ranks of the utility by giving an opportunity to people to learn skills and get involved with the different positions the utility has to offer.

It's back to the drawing board for tens of thousands of rail workers.

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy’s task force is expected to provide recommendations by the end of January. A policy expert says the governor is moving “relatively quickly.”

The billionaire gave employees of his newly-purchased company until Thursday evening to commit to "being extremely hardcore" and staying or take a severance package.

The change would require applicants become residents within 6 months of being hired instead of living in the city for a year before applying.

Starbucks fans eagerly await the day the company gives out holiday cups. The union organizing Starbucks workers hope those same customers will support their cause.

A ruling upheld a change to the city charter to create public safety officers who do more routine police jobs to let cops focus on crime fighting.

Union members at HarperCollins, one of the largest publishers in the country, started an indefinite strike today.

The layoffs represent the first large-scale workforce reduction in the company's 18-year history.

The new contract deal averts a strike for about 2,500 hospital employees who have been working without a contract since Sept. 30.