Employment

Nearly one in five Black Pennsylvanians was unemployed as 2020 ended, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning D.C. think tank.

A fierce debate is taking shape within the restaurant industry as a push to raise the minimum wage threatens to upend the tipped wage structures for servers.

Drivers say they are overwhelmed by people struggling with homelessness and addiction. SEPTA has only 7 social workers to help contain the crisis.

Are the folks who stock your grocery shelves making $15 an hour — or $8?

A coalition of restaurant owners has organized a series of mass vaccination events for industry workers who are happy for relief after a rollercoaster year.

The massive relief package is slated to cross President Biden's desk this week.

As the pandemic stretched on, some employees moved hundreds of miles from the offices they're supposed to return to once it's safe. Will their bosses make them come back?

After both of Delaware’s Democratic U.S. senators voted against adding a $15 minimum wage measure to the stimulus, local advocates are renewing their push.

Millions who lost jobs at the beginning of the pandemic are still out of the labor force, making up levels not seen since the Great Recession.

The announcement comes as new unemployment claims in N.J. are at their lowest levels since the pandemic began.

Risk ripples outwards. A family member cohabitating with an essential worker has a 17% greater chance of testing positive. Other roommates face a 38% increase.

Amid surging job loss due to COVID-19, a no-bid contract led to bungled unemployment payments to people who weren’t given timely information about errors.

As we continue our series on how the pandemic has reshaped work in America, we'll discuss joblessness and unemployment over the course of the pandemic.

New data show that the number of new SSI awards given in January was the lowest on record — but it wasn't because there were fewer people in need of the benefits.

A leader of Delaware’s chapter in the national movement says having Joe Biden in the White House can help make his state a model for America.