U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The slowdown is a reminder that the job market's path back to health will be uneven.
If a recent survey of 549 workers is typical – and I'm sure it is – more than nine out of 10 employees can name at least one co-worker who doesn't pull his or her weight.
Can City Council override another Mayor Nutter veto of mandatory paid leave?
The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose to a four-month high last week, although the increase partly reflects seasonal distortions around the spring holidays.
Style: A proxy filing with the SEC Tuesday reveals that Richard Hayne - founder, chairman, president and CEO of Navy Yard-based Urban Outfitters Inc. - earned only $33,273 last year, reports WWD. However, this was a 7 percent increase from his previous year's pay of $31,015. The real question is: How is this possible?
A survey shows U.S. companies added fewer jobs in March compared with the previous month, as construction firms held off on hiring after three months of solid gains.
Hundreds of fast food workers and supporters protested outside New York City restaurants Thursday to demand higher wages for their low-paying jobs, including about 60 who chanted "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Minimum wage has got to go!" at a midtown Wendy's.
Economics in a nutshell: It looks like companies did a little less hiring in March than they had been doing. ADP's estimates were the lowest since October of last year when we were facing the "fiscal cliff". Now, there is the uncertainty about the impact of sequestration. Still the details were not discouraging.
Want to see what the future could look like for working mothers? Look inside a company run by one.
Two months after a severe flu season forced millions of workers to stay home, paid sick time is becoming an issue for many small-business owners.
Apple's ring-shaped, gleaming "Spaceship Headquarters" will include a world class auditorium and an orchard for engineers to wander. Google's new Bay View campus will feature walkways angled to force accidental encounters. Facebook, while putting final touches on a Disney-inspired campus including a Main Street with a barbecue shack, sushi house and bike shop, is already planning an even larger, more exciting new campus.
For years now the economy has been forcing people to take stock of their lives and in some cases reinvent themselves.
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"What would Walt do?" For decades, that was the magic, pixie-dust question that permeated the Walt Disney empire of animated cartoons, films, toys and theme parks.
Top Workplaces 2013 is an effort to discover the best employers in the Philadelphia region - as decided by each company's employees. More than 26,000 were surveyed by WorkplaceDynamics of Exton. Here are their findings for best large, midsize and small companies, including firms based elsewhere that have a major area presence.
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