Skilled labor is a broad category that includes all jobs that require some level of professional training, certification, education, or specialized know-how. The workforce includes countless ...

The National Labor Relations Board must reconsider a ruling against a plastics manufacturer that fired a worker raising ...

The National Labor Relations Board, with a Democratic majority, restored a standard that counts more workers as employees rather than contractors. By Noam Scheiber Labor regulators issued a ruling ...

Costs of labor can be categorized into two main categories, direct (production) and indirect (non-production) cost of labor. Direct costs include wages for the employees that produce a product ...

Emotional labor refers to controlling one’s emotions to carry out the demands of one’s job. For example, a nurse may have to soothe a sick patient while being berated with demands. A waiter ...

How to Tell if You’re Really in Labor. Cervical change is the key sign that you’re in labor. But it can be hard for you to tell. Keeping track of your contractions and what they feel like can ...

A Labor Day parade on Main Street in Buffalo in 1900. President Grover Cleveland made Labor Day a national holiday in June 1894, as he faced a crisis of railway workers striking in Chicago.