Employment

Officials said the funds will help address the critical need to boost a skilled labor force in Philadelphia as the life sciences industry grows.

The new program is focused on expanding employment opportunities at New Jersey’s state agencies.

Americans are not en masse rejecting consumerism, moving off the grid, and living off the land. Most still need money.

The U.S. supply of computer chips has fallen to alarmingly low levels, raising the prospect of factory shutdowns, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

There’s a new platform that lists marijuana-friendly positions.

The transit agency is on a hiring binge that it hopes will restore its workforce after two years of pandemic-related attrition and hiring freezes.

Employers from Macy's to United Airlines are having to adjust after skyrocketing omicron COVID cases have led large numbers of workers to call out sick.

Paired up, with one expert helping them along, the novices built the little blue book houses starting from a sketch. It’s the program’s sixth year.

Despite public health guidance, for many workers amid the omicron surge, the idea of missing so many days of work has become wishful thinking.

Months after a multi-million-dollar computer upgrade to Pennsylvania’s unemployment system, some parts of the new system are running smoothly, but others need work.

The Labor Department also reported that employers posted 10.6 million job openings in November, down from 11.1 million in October but still high by historical standards.

The seven-day average rate of infection at the Capitol's testing center has grown from less than 1% to more than 13%.

This wave of forced shutdowns is coming during what’s usually the busy season.

One economist said what was intended to be a boost for workers when Gov. Murphy signed the minimum wage law in 2019 has now become a “catch-up game.”

Former SEPTA union president Willie Brown won raises and parental leave — and led two disruptive strikes. His successor promises to follow in his footsteps.