Tag: workers

Dive Brief:  Hammers and nails know no gender. Steel girders don't claim an ethnic heritage. But Massachusetts broadly missed its workforce participation goals for women and minorities on construction contracts, ...

General and trade contractors have long been complaining that they can’t find sufficient qualified workers to fill vacant positions. Recently, employers in other sectors of the economy have also become ...

U.S. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Friday requiring "project labor agreements" in federal construction projects over $35 million, a potential boost to workers and unions that ...

BRUSSELS — Protests against coronavirus restrictions erupted across Europe — including clashes in Rotterdam and massive rallies in Vienna — as authorities announced more-stringent measures in an attempt to control ...

Towns around Massachusetts are offering up to $310 an hour for drivers with a commercial license amid a labor shortage. According to a “request for response from interested vendors 2021–2022” legal ...

Democrats have notched a victory in the fight for a national plan for paid leave. But getting it into final legislation could still be an uphill battle...

The big picture: The U.S. economy added just 194,000 jobs in September, far below economist expectations.

As many as 80,000 unused employment-based green cards are set to expire today due to processing backlogs, leaving foreign-born workers who were hoping to gain permanent residency stuck on temporary visas.The tenuous status is bound ...

The Biden administration’s decision Monday to issue a regulation that limits workers’ exposure to extreme heat didn’t come soon enough to save the life of Sebastian Francisco Perez. Perez was a 38-year-old agricultural ...

Some companies are struggling to hire staff months after their states cut enhanced jobless benefits. One Florida restaurant said it hired high school students and got staff to work more ...