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Alberta Rewrote Its Overtime Rules and Barely Anyone Noticed. Workers Will.
Changes to important policies usually don't happen with a press conference or a public outcry. Instead, they happen quietly, tucked away in a law with a name that sounds reasonable and is easy to forget. Alberta's Bill 32, which is…
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What is a Workforce — And Why Most People Misunderstand It
When you pass a factory gate during shift change, you'll notice something worth stopping for. Workers stream out in waves, some making their way…
Work Force Explained: Why Millions of Workers Don’t Even Count
Each month, a figure is released that influences interest rate decisions, moves stock markets, and, by lunchtime, appears in one hundred headlines. The jobs…
Inside the Workforce Information System: Why America’s Job Data Quietly Runs the Economy
No one takes pictures of a certain type of infrastructure. No building to point to, no plaque, no ribbon-cutting. One of those things is…
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The July 1 Avalanche: Dozens of New Workplace Laws Just Hit American Employers at Once
The way employment law develops in this nation is subtly unrelenting. The majority of employers anticipate January to be the reset month, when new regulations take effect, handbooks are updated, and HR…
Economy
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From Sprint to Jog to Crawl: Charting the American Labor Market’s Long Deceleration
There was a stretch, not all that long ago, when the American jobs machine felt almost unstoppable. Payroll figures consistently exceeded expectations. Employers were…
Finance
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The Pension Reform That Sparked a Summer of Strikes Across France
As is common in France, it began with a number. 64 years old. By the time the dust settled five months later, over a…
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