New York Times

Workers are demanding more robust staffing levels and higher pay. The strike comes three years after a smaller job action won significant gains.

Eryn Schultz was an H-E-B grocery store leader with an M.B.A. A slow pivot toward a big career change began when she found her retirement plan wanting.

Plus, the impossibility of being a middle manager.

Data on the labor market in December will be closely watched for clues on the state of the economy.

This year, for the first time, more Americans will earn a minimum wage of $15 per hour or higher than will earn the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour.

Some start-ups, blurring the lines between home and office, are embracing a “no shoes” policy.

They increasingly see themselves as rank-and-file workers who have traditional gripes with their companies.

Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Education Department will begin sending notices about paycheck deductions to about 1,000 of five million borrowers in default.

In a lawsuit, the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, said UPS had “repeatedly and persistently” failed to pay seasonal workers for all of the time they spent on the job.

Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.

The settlement with Starbucks stems from more than half a million violations, including failing to give workers stable schedules.