Employment

Having organized on TikTok, Reddit and Facebook, DoorDash drivers around the country logged off the app on Saturday. Drivers are demanding tip transparency and higher pay.

Delaware lawmakers have long prided themselves on making the state “business-friendly.” Now they’re offering financial incentives to lure more future employers.

The free digital platform intends to match people with businesses that have immediate hiring needs and lower the city’s unemployment rate.

Average wages for nonmanagers at restaurants hit $15 an hour in May, but many say no amount of pay would get them to return. They're leaving at the highest rate in decades.

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.

The results of two trials in Iceland found that a 35- to 36-hour workweek resulted in similar or greater productivity and improved well-being among workers.

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.

As part of a sweeping executive order, Biden is asking the Federal Trade Commission to ban or limit such agreements, which restrict where you can work after leaving a job.

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.