Employment

A surge of Philadelphia teens are missing class and joining the workforce.

COVID-19 vaccines are widely available. Restrictions are lifting. But what’s best for office culture — “talk over the coffee pot” or embracing the upside of WFH?

Officials say higher wages are a goal of President Joe Biden and a byproduct of his $1.9 trillion relief package.

More than 15 local employers hope to recruit teachers, aides, coaches, tutors, and youth group leaders for jobs this summer.

More than 700 have signed an online petition started by Professor of Media Studies Mary Beth Oliver in support of more academic involvement in the search. 

With just 11 legislative working days left in the General Assembly’s calendar, supporters of a bill to increase Delaware’s minimum wage are urging lawmakers to act.

Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health Organization says.

There are plenty of seasonal jobs available at Jersey Shore resorts. But businesses are having a hard time finding people to hire.

The employment report failed to show that the economy was accelerating forward, so much as it appeared to be stutter-stepping along as the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.1%.

Many businesses plan to continue to invest in both indoor and outdoor spaces, often with less staff than before.

Protesters, including Democratic state lawmakers, called on the Wolf administration to pay unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands of residents.

Lawmakers suspended the work-search requirement through 2020 amid the pandemic last year, and Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, extended the waiver administratively into this year.

U.S. companies that cheat their workers out of pay are unlikely to be fined or punished even after they're caught.

The state’s response to the economic crisis has at times been frustrating to residents, who’ve struggled to get help processing their claims.

In Pa., the tipped minimum wage is $2.83 cents an hour, an amount set in 1998. Gov. Wolf wants to end that separate, lower tipped wage and raise the overall minimum wage.