Author: Alexandra Combs
Alexandra Combs is an Editor at Workforce Info Council, where she covers labor trends, employment data, and the numbers shaping the modern workforce. A mathematics major at the University of Texas, Alexandra brings a data-driven lens to every story she writes, turning dense statistics into narratives readers can actually understand. She currently works part-time at the Department of Labor, an experience that keeps her closely connected to the real-world data behind the headlines and gives her reporting a grounded, inside perspective on how labor numbers are gathered and what they really mean.
When Stryker Corporation was the target of a cyberattack on March 11, it appeared to be the kind of business…
This story has an inherent irony. Shopify built Dawn as an open-source storefront theme — transparent, accessible, meant to help…
There’s something almost cinematic about waking up in the middle of the night on the 22nd floor of a major…
It’s safe to say that most people were initially shocked when Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi filed a $1 billion civil lawsuit…
The fact that property valuations from 1991 are still used to calculate council tax bills throughout England is almost absurd.…
The fact that the businesses most publicly linked to disruption have subtly emerged as the biggest obstacle to it is…
Stripping Power From Arbitrators: What California Employers Must Know About the New PAGA Regulations
Employers in California have long relied on arbitration agreements as a sort of legal firewall, keeping conflicts at work under…
A figure that is currently circulating in the manufacturing and design industries is $350 million, and it merits greater attention…
Seeing a government handle an employment dispute in the same manner as it might handle a shoplifting charge is startling.…
This spring, there was a subtle change in the threat landscape that doesn’t make a big announcement. A phishing platform…
