U.S. Economy Added 216,000 Jobs in December

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 5, 2024 8:33 am ET Hiring picked up as employers added 216,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate held at 3.7% Economists…

SpaceX Sues Labor Board Over Employee Firings 

[ad_1] SpaceX sued the U.S. government’s labor board a day after an official at the agency accused the company of violating a federal workplace law by firing employees who circulated…

Why Companies Still Aren’t in a Firing Mood

[ad_1] A lot of people spent much of last year convinced that the U.S. was on the cusp of a recession—including those in charge of hiring and firing workers. Lately,…

How the Push for Diversity at Colleges and Companies Came Under Siege

[ad_1] The management philosophy known as DEI, which had gathered momentum since 2020, has been under siege over the past year amid a collision of legal, economic and geopolitical forces. …

Labor Board Backs Fired SpaceX Employees

[ad_1] An official for the U.S. labor-relations agency has accused SpaceX of violating a federal workplace law by firing employees who circulated a letter criticizing founder Elon Musk.  The former…

Wayfair’s CEO Wants Staff to Work Harder. Your Boss Probably Agrees.

[ad_1] If you want to know what the boss really wants from you in 2024, Wayfair Chief Executive Niraj Shah’s staff memo might be a good place to start. Shah…

Minimum Wages Are Going Up. Low-Paid Workers Probably Won’t Notice.

[ad_1] Low-paid workers might not notice that 22 states are increasing the minimum wage to start the year. The reason: Robust raises in recent years have rendered pay floors largely…

Delta Throttles Back on Pilot Hiring

[ad_1] Delta Air Lines plans to hire roughly half as many pilots next year as it did in 2023, the latest sign that a more than two-year-long pilot hiring spree…

Opinion | The Employee Retention Tax Credit Is the Biggest Covid Scam

[ad_1] It’s hard to feel sorry for the Internal Revenue Service, but cleaning up for Congress is never fun. The Covid employee retention tax credit is turning into a classic…

Small-business owners battle to provide health benefits to their workers 

[ad_1] Last March, small-business owner Kelly Moore testified before the House Ways and Means Committee about what she considers the worst day of her life, when she had to announce…