Retailers are adding fewer of the seasonal roles that many Americans rely on to make ends meet.
Category: Layoffs and Job Reductions
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Dating Straight Boys’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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How Unemployment Can Take a Toll on Our Mental Health
The emotional impact of unemployment can be profound, experts say — but speaking up about it and building a support system can help.
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Trump Tries to Seize ‘Affordability’ as Americans’ Economic Worries Grow
The issue has buoyed Democrats and is resonating with an American electorate that is souring on the president’s economic agenda.
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A MAGA Senator Promised Hope for a Dying Ohio Mill. Then Reality Set In.
The town’s unionized workers wanted to believe that there was something better than what private equity owners had offered.
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The Job Market Is Cooling but Not Collapsing, According to Private Data
The federal government shutdown canceled a second straight jobs report, but private data sources suggest the labor market has weakened modestly since summer.
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The Fed’s Recent Rate Decisions Have Been Divisive. It Is Likely to Get Worse.
The last three policy votes have featured some form of dissent, as officials grapple with how to weigh a softening labor market and resurgent inflation.
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Mass Layoffs Are Scary, but Probably Not a Sign of the A.I. Apocalypse
Despite fears that Amazon and other employers are already replacing workers with bots, the A.I. transition is likely to play out differently.
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On Eve of Shutdown Record, Trump Officials Threaten Pain Could Worsen
President Trump and administration officials indicated the fallout could intensify in the coming days, even as he has kept himself at a remove from the crisis.
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IBM to Cut Thousands of Workers Amid A.I. Boom
The technology supplier said it was shifting its focus to higher-growth businesses, including A.I. consulting and software.
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The Workers Left Out of Trump’s Drug-Manufacturing Renaissance
President Trump wants pharmaceutical production to return to the United States. A shuttered factory in Louisiana shows how hard that will be for generic medicines.