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US dollars are now commonly used by businesses in Venezuela. The informal adoption of the dollar has helped to decrease inflation and product shortages.
Economics
Venezuela’s public sector workers take on multiple side jobs just to get by
A young woman with duck tape over her mouth that says "Feed Me Opportunity"
The World's Global Classroom
University of California votes to not allow undocumented students to work on campus, for now
A worker fills up a plastic container with gasoline at a gas station in Pasay, Philippines, Oct. 11, 2022.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Record-breaking inflation rates in the Philippines are pushing people to take on extra jobs
About one-third of the staff at the Stoneacre restaurants in Newport, Rhode Island, is from overseas.
Jobs
Hospitality industries in the US struggle to find workers, but international labor is ticking up
A woman by a police car
Justice
Ukraine’s first female police officers won’t be posing for selfies anymore. They’re too busy doing their jobs.
Man at microphone speaking with hands up
Business, Finance & Economics
It’s Trump versus California, but immigrants and employers already feel the fallout
Najat Rabat and Yassine Mazzout used to work picking trash from a landfill outside Morocco's capital. Now they work together at a new recycling cooperative.
Jobs
These trash pickers used to have miserable jobs. Now they run their own recycling cooperative.
A woman holds a glow in the dark mustache
Economics
President Trump, how will you make health care affordable to gig and contract workers if you roll back the ACA?
Help wanted sign on restaurant window
Economics
Like many undocumented restaurant workers, staying in the US is a simple calculation for this waiter
Youth unemployment
Economics
As youth unemployment spikes, job seekers keep dreaming
A Ukrainian miner sleeps on a coal trolley in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk in May 1998.
Business
World’s longest workday? It may not be where you think it is.
The children's section of the Dana Neighborhood Library
Books
A survey of who works in the book industry gives us a clue about why it’s not diverse
Employee Tuition Reimbursement
Education
Can employee tuition benefits boost graduation rates? Companies are betting workers will make the grade.
Charlize Theron knows how to negotiate. You don't have to be in "Mad Max" to learn from her.
Business
Not the best negotiator? Don’t worry — take a page from Charlize Theron.
Rethink Robotics' Baxter, which the company markets as a "safe, flexible, affordable alternative to outsourced labor and fixed automation."
Business
Here’s why robots aren’t going to take your job
Peggy Young (3rd R) and her attorney Sharon Gustafson (4th R) wave to supporters as they depart the US Supreme Court building on December 3, 2014.
Justice
Pregnancy discrimination is still widespread, but this Supreme Court case may change that
Business, Economics and Jobs
Rating vs. Resume: Can Bad Credit Kill Your Job Prospects?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Low-paying jobs on the rise
Business, Economics and Jobs
Markets take hit as jobless claims rise
Demonstrators holding posters march during a protest to demand higher wages for fast-food workers in front of a McDonald's fast-food restaurant in Tokyo's Shibuya shopping and amusement district May 15, 2014.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Fast-food workers around the world stage protests over low wages
Business, Economics and Jobs
Silver lining in the unemployment numbers
Business, Economics and Jobs
Toolbelts and hard hats: the road to female financial freedom?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Mothers struggling to opt back into the workforce
Two major companies accused of discrimination
Business, Economics and Jobs
U.S. workforce grows older as workers postpone retirement
Environment
Clean energy sector surging in Massachusetts
Environment
Controversy erupts over employers asking for social media site passwords
Global Politics
Indiana House of Representiatives passes ‘right to work’ law
Development & Education
VIDEO: Economists mixed on jobs report, but good news for young job seekers
Global Politics
Concern over European debts shifts to Spain
Global Politics
Poverty rising in the US: Where’s the outrage?
Global Politics
Defense Secretary Robert Gates accused of ignoring sexual assaults
Business, Economics and Jobs
Paying thousands to find unpaid internships
Business, Economics and Jobs
The equality recession
Business, Economics and Jobs
The real unemployment rate
Business, Economics and Jobs
Botox your resume
Business, Economics and Jobs
Vocation vacations
Business, Economics and Jobs
The economics of the climate bill
Business, Economics and Jobs
Job-seekers: Join the club
Business, Economics and Jobs
How Facebook can get you fired
Business, Economics and Jobs
China: The midterm election boogie man
Business, Economics and Jobs
Tracking the underemployed
Business, Economics and Jobs
Job tips for a tough economy
Business, Economics and Jobs
Green jobs and inner-city youth
Closing the Gaping Gender-Based Wage Gap
How Companies Should Regulate Employees on Social Media
Crime Lab Chemist Allegedly Tampered with Evidence for Years
Remote working
It’s Not All Bad: Stories From Past Guests Who’ve Escaped Unemployment
Job Interviews Borrow from the Speed-Dating Handbook
What Obligations Does College Have to the Post-Collegiate Life?
High Cost Diplomas Lead to Low Wage Jobs
Super Tuesday: A Look at Blue Collar Workers
Lifestyle & Belief
Networking Workshops to Help Iraqi Refugees Find Work
120,000 Jobs Added in November, Unemployment Drops Below 9 Percent
Anita Hill on Race, Gender, and Home
Conflict & Justice
Critics Accuse J Visa Program of Exploiting Foreign Students
Business, Economics and Jobs
Unpaid interns sue ‘Black Swan’ production company
Business, Economics and Jobs
The two-tier wage system: fairness vs. employment
Business, Economics and Jobs
Could ‘buying American’ help create jobs?