Employment

Standard Tap, Johnny Brenda’s, and The International join a small list of independent restaurants where staff get summer PTO.

The Department of Labor and Industry announced it had contracted with identity verification service ID.me to screen new applicants.

After a Spotlight PA investigation, the Dept. of Labor and Industry admitted that it had erroneously charged hundreds of thousands of people an inflated interest rate.

Unemployment benefits fraud is on the rise after Pennsylvania unveiled a new online filing system.

Beginning July 18, people seeking unemployment must attest that they applied for two jobs and completed a “work search activity” the week prior.

Most high schools will start at 7:30 a.m., and middle schools and elementary schools will start at either 8:15 a.m. or 9 a.m — the opposite of what’s recommended.

Meetings at work eat up a lot of time and studies show that half of the meeting time is ineffective. This hour, making meetings work and not just a waste of time.

The city’s research comes as the city continues to experience a surge in gun violence.

A surge in residential trash during the pandemic strained city sanitation crews. The pandemic has abated, yet the workforce hasn’t recovered.

Philadelphia City Council passed a bill to increase salaries for airport workers to $15.06 an hour, plus $4.54 to go toward health care costs.

Social psychologist Devon Price on the "laziness lie" which has made Americans anxious, overworked, exploited and alienated. Their new book is "Laziness Does Not Exist"

About 100 health care workers at Taylor Hospital and Delaware County Memorial Hospital have unanimously voted to unionize because of staff shortages and low pay.

SEPTA is actively recruiting women to work as bus mechanics, rail vehicle mechanics, building electricians, welders, and more.

Federal guidance supports employers’ right to require the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees. But doing so can be a tough decision, and a legal gray area remains.

For many years, artists have been quietly warning one another about abusive behavior, then a social media comment drove them into the street.