Employment

More than 100 educators, advocates, and policymakers assembled Thursday in Harrisburg to discuss the scope of Pennsylvania’s teacher shortage and possible solutions.

The union says management has stalled in negotiations for a first contract.

Two union groups affiliated with Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals are in negotiations with hospital leadership for new three-year contracts.

The prerequisite, called edTPA, is unpopular among many teaching candidates, with some calling it cumbersome and redundant.

The 21st Century Schools Model will focus on the entertainment, development, and transportation industries.

If a deal hadn't been reached, Pennsylvania’s energy, manufacturing, and agriculture sectors would have been especially hard hit.

Members of the union said they plan on returning to work over the weekend with the goal to resume negotiations next week.

After 22 months of negotiations with art museum management, PMA union workers are taking action with a one-day strike.

A strike would intensify snarls in the nation’s supply chain that have contributed to rising prices.

The statehouse demonstration came one day before a N.J. commission is expected to vote on a proposal to increase health benefit premiums for thousands of state workers.

Companies in New Jersey are allowed to screen employees for marijuana, but they aren’t allowed to fire people just because they fail a simple drug test.

With the number of certified educators in Pennsylvania at “crisis” levels, school districts are facing stiff competition from one another for teachers and support staff.

Inflation isn’t only costing small businesses money. It’s costing them customers as well.

The Colonial School District in northern Delaware is more than 20 teachers short of what it needs, so students will be taught via Zoom video.

City officials hope the pay bump, which is set to be approved next week, will help bring new people into the Election Day fold.