America is becoming a nation of pessimistic workers. For the first time in Gallup's tracking, more workers have a negative view of their prospects. Even as many measures show that the economy is ...

Young people today are heading into one of the most challenging job markets for their cohort in recent memory. Open positions feel few and far between, the cost of living remains high, and the idea of ...

Hiring in February was surprisingly weak — complicating the path to interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve as the conflict in Iran reheats inflation fears. US employment declined by 92,000 in ...

Workers are looking to scale back their high-stress career without quitting altogether - but there are tradeoffs. More than half of workers would choose a less stressful role over a higher salary, a ...

The world of science has been stuck in an existential crisis over whether we actually know the things we thought we knew. Re-running an old study today doesn't always yield the same result. Same with ...

Dr. Ralph Abraham, the agency’s principal deputy director, has called the Covid vaccines “dangerous.” Other skeptics have recently left federal health roles. By Apoorva Mandavilli Adding to a rapid ...

A letter on Feb. 16 suggested that since others seeking government jobs need to take a civil-service test, so, too, should elected officials (Reader’s View: “ Let’s require a civil-service test for ...

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State House Rep. Daniel Holt resigned from his position Friday after accepting a new role as special assistant to the chair of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Holt, a Democrat, started ...

Hiring in January blew past expectations, signaling that the labor market could be picking up — and likely dashing hopes for an interest rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next month. US ...

Target said in an email to employees obtained by CNBC that it will invest more in store labor and cut about 500 other roles at distribution centers and regional offices. The big-box retailer is trying ...