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Surging immigration will boost the US labor force and send GDP higher, Goldman says
"Elevated immigration has boosted labor force growth and, by extension, potential GDP growth," Gold…
Matthew Fox
Why Americans' confidence in finding a new job is tanking even as the labor market is humming along
Americans are the most pessimistic they've been in years about their chances of finding a new job i…
Jacob Zinkula,Madison Hoff
Hospital wait times will still be bad this year, even with labor gains
The US may be recovering from a physician shortage, but don't expect to spend less time in hospital…
Allie Kelly
It's not just convicts. Russia is forcing its African migrants and students to fight for them in Ukraine.
Russian officials have threatened not to renew the visas of African migrants and students if they d…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
Looking for a career change? What the new Goldilocks labor market means for job seekers and workers
Job quitting and wage growth aren't that dramatic anymore. However, it's a good labor market for jo…
Madison Hoff
Remember the labor shortage? Immigrants are helping to fix it.
Immigrants are responsible for almost all US job growth over the past year. They're why the labor s…
Jacob Zinkula,Andy Kiersz
Immigration has helped the hot US economy and labor market, but there's a risk of oversupply, Fitch says
The surge of immigration into the US is supporting the blowout jobs market, but eventually that cou…
Filip De Mott
Undocumented immigrants are boosting the labor market and helping the US avoid recession, experts say
An influx of undocumented immigrants has allowed employment growth to remain strong while inflation…
Aruni Soni
The sharp rise in US immigration explains why the labor market is so loose and the housing market is so tight, JPMorgan says
Immigration has added close to 3.3 million people to the US in 2023 and 2024. JPMorgan explains the…
Filip De Mott
AI models like GPT-4o could give some blue-collar jobs a leg-up and force white-collar workers to adapt
OpenAI's new multimodal model could help plumbers and electricians do their jobs more effectively, …
Erin Snodgrass
Strippers are suing an Alabama club for $100K, saying it forced them to share tips with other workers
In a lawsuit, exotic dancers at an Alabama strip club said they were forced to share tips and pay "…
Joshua Zitser
America's Gen Zers are buying TikTok hauls that could be made with forced labor
Lawmakers say inadequate scrutiny of fast-fashion brands Temu and Shein "all but guarantees" that s…
Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins
The pandemic forced many women to leave their jobs. Hybrid work is bringing them back.
Women are rapidly rejoining the labor force, boosting the economy.
Allie Kelly
China rolled out a new measure of youth unemployment. It shows the nation's labor market is still a mess, think tank says
"The lower result though, is still about three times the overall unemployment rate in China (5.1 pe…
Filip De Mott
The forever labor shortage is pitting parents and their childfree coworkers against each other
Childfree workers are sometimes left to pick up the slack of parents. They blame their employers.
Juliana Kaplan
What dream job? Gen Z and millennials are being forced to confront a difficult job market.
It's tough out there for Gen Z and millennial workers, who are likely to be impacted the most by a …
Jennifer Sor
In potential leadership shakeup, Amazon Labor Union agrees to hold new elections for top positions
The Amazon Labor Union will hold new leadership elections, which could see the departure of the cur…
Katherine Long
Temu reportedly thinks shoppers should be blamed if they buy goods from the site that were produced by forced labor
Lawmakers said there is an extremely high risk that Temu's supply chains are contaminated with forc…
Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins
Russia's war in Ukraine has drained it of labor — it lacks nearly 5 million workers this year, report says
Russia's economy was short nearly 5 million workers this year. Many skilled workers have been draft…
Filip De Mott
Russia is wrestling with a labor crisis — and is making it even worse by sending highly-skilled workers to war
Around 900,000 Russians have fled the country since the Ukraine invasion, causing a workforce crisi…