The low utilization of E-Verify illustrates a “broken U.S. immigration system” and the lack of economic interests in using it. Employers are desperate for labor, documented or not.
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Quiet quitting. RTO. Coffee badging. What this new vocabulary says about your workplace
Abygail Liera sympathized when she first read about people who were “quiet quitting,” refusing to go above and beyond at their jobs.
Remote workers actually aren’t more productive. Will bosses finally call them back in this year?
These days, it looks like the bloom is coming off the rose for remote work: Many employers are talking tougher.
With key Democratic senators undecided, Julie Su’s bid for Labor secretary languishes
Former California labor chief Julie Su’s bid to become President Biden’s Labor secretary is languishing, showing how hard it can be for a progressive Californian to win Senate confirmation in a deeply divided Washington.
California and New York could soon change how workers everywhere negotiate salaries
Anyone who has ever been on a job hunt knows that it is often difficult to find out what a new position might pay.
Commentary: More workers are trying to unionize. Support will be crucial to their success
There’s hardly a term that’s become more cringe-inducing, more empty of meaning than “essential workers.”
In California’s largest race bias cases, Latino workers are accused of abusing Black colleagues
Nearly every day, the onetime Ontario warehouse employee said, he was stunned to hear racist slurs from Latino co-workers.
Labor unions are hot, but their moment may not last
The long American tradition of complaining about lazy workers
“It’s become apparent nobody wants to work in these hard times.”
Column: Would ‘menstrual leave’ create a backlash against women in the workplace?
Last week, Spain signaled it may become one of a handful of countries offering workers a benefit called “menstrual leave” for people whose periods are accompanied by debilitating pain.
California considers letting election workers hide addresses
Elections in the U.S. have become so polarizing that California is considering treating poll workers with the same caution as domestic violence victims by letting them keep their addresses hidden from public records.
A child-care crisis is keeping women out of the workforce for longer
School may be in session, but the dearth of child care is still proving to be a major hurdle to women reentering the U.S. labor market.
Workplace shootings are all too common in California. The latest one fits a pattern
He killed the people he wanted to kill.
Column: Sen. Joe Manchin pushes a sweeping pro-union labor law one step closer to reality
Sen. Joe Manchin, widely regarded as a crucial swing vote in the narrowly Democratic Senate, moved a sweeping pro-union law one step closer to enactment Monday by declaring that he would become a co-sponsor.
Editorial: California’s unemployment system collapsed on Julie Su’s watch. Is she ready for Biden’s team?
The Biden administration on Wednesday nominated California Labor Secretary Julie A. Su to be deputy secretary of Labor to help shape the president’s jobs agenda and economic recovery effort.