Tag: North America

U.S. job growth slowed marginally in April and employers continued to hoard workers, but the outlook for the labor market is increasingly darkening as President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policy ...

A new report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has shown that more than 1.5 million Americans now work full-time as digital creators or social media influencers, which is a ...

Amazon.com said on Wednesday it would spend more than $4 billion to expand its U.S. rural delivery network by the end of 2026, doubling down on faster shipments to drive ...

Layoffs announced by U.S. employers dropped in April, but companies remained resistant to boost hiring amid an uncertain economic outlook because of tariffs. Global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas ...

Kleenex tissue maker said on Thursday it would invest $2 billion over five years to expand its manufacturing capacity in the United States amid a push for local manufacturing under ...

Despite the conventional 40-hour workweek, many U.S. workers routinely clock in far beyond that, spending significant portions of their year at work.  For those working in industries like oil, gas, ...

Five years after the COVID pandemic brought mental health and employee wellbeing to the forefront, recent research indicates that many companies are slipping away from those priorities, which could have ...

The U.S. coworking market added 145 new spaces in the first quarter of 2025, bringing the national total to 7,840, which is a 2% rise since the end of last ...

Google will fund the training of tens of thousands of new U.S. electricians, the company told Reuters on Wednesday, as Big Tech wades deeper into the country's power industry on ...

U.S. labor costs increased moderately in the first quarter as economic uncertainty caused by tariffs cools demand for labor. The Employment Cost Index (ECI), the broadest measure of labor costs, ...