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Employers are predicting an increase of as much as 9 percent, on average, but are generally avoiding passing along much of that to their employees, industry groups say. Weight-loss drugs. [...]

Byline: Medora Lee, USA TODAY Workers may have rejoiced over big pay raises in the past two years, but the downside is they're losing noncash company benefits, according to job [...]

Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com . Include your name and location, or a request to remain anonymous. Letters may be edited. Bathrobe Boss [...]

Government data from November showed job openings remained high, with rates of quitting and layoffs holding steady. The labor market remained a key source of strength for households and the [...]

Byline: Taylor Telford Employers across the country are worried that workers are getting less done - and there's evidence they're right to be spooked. In the first half of 2022, [...]

Byline: Jeff Zillgitt, Columnist, USA TODAY If you like your touchdowns on Sunday, home runs in October and 3-pointers in June, then you also get, sadly, unfortunately, the grotesque underbelly [...]

Byline: Karla L. Miller The supposedly new trends of 'quiet quitting' and 'quiet firing' have been around for decades under other names. But just because they're nothing new doesn't mean [...]

The strong job market may be about to take a turn for the worse. That could come to haunt those who made choices based on today's conditions. Shanna Jackson, the [...]

Some corporate leaders are grasping at whatever they can to get back to the way things were. But they might find themselves fighting a culture shift beyond their control. The [...]

Layoffs are up only minimally, and employers may be averse to shedding workers after experiencing the challenges of rehiring. The past year has been a busy one for nearly every [...]

Jamie Baxter used to be skeptical of job applicants who had not worked for long stretches of time, assuming that other employers had passed them over. ''My mind would jump [...]

A recent survey finds most people report they are already back at their workplace or will be soon. Even as many tech companies announce delays to their return-to-office dates in [...]

Byline: Dan Diamond The email set out an ambitious - and uncompromising - goal: Get vaccinated or get ready to find another job. 'We must lead by example and get [...]

Byline: Karla L. Miller 'You have a right - and in these times, a duty - to decry and dissociate yourself from bigotry. So might your employer.' That was my [...]

Byline: Paul Davidson, @Pdavidsonusat, USA TODAY Want more love from your employer? Stop looking for it in your paycheck. Instead, it'll probably show up in a bonus. While annual raises [...]

American employers have a variety of job vacancies, piles of cash and countless well-qualified candidates. But despite a slowly improving economy, many companies remain reluctant to actually hire, stringing job [...]

I was looking at old photos with some tennis buddies. We all laughed at the mullet I sported in my teens. But my comment that another pal had ''an amazing [...]

I have gained tremendous insight reading the comments on this blog. One in particular really struck me recently. It came in response to a post that I had written quite [...]

Byline: Matt Krantz A: Most resignation letters are quietly exchanged between employees and their bosses two weeks before the last day. But not so with Greg Smith, a London-based employee [...]

With an extraordinary 6.2 million Americans out of work for more than six months, the last thing a person without a job should have to worry about is blatant discrimination [...]

Byline: Sara Afzal Only 17 percent of US employers allow pets, even though researchers find that dogs make employees happier, more productive, and encourage teamwork. Plus, having your Pekinese or [...]

Byline: Joan Blades As the economy slowly recovers, it's no secret that companies would like to boost productivity and profits. Many think the best way to do so is to [...]

The advertisement for an ''experienced executive Polish housekeeper'' struck Agnes Cybulska as oddly specific. But times were tough, and the job, on the surface at least, showed great promise. The [...]

Byline: WALLACE IMMEN The timing couldn't have seemed much worse for Christopher Terrio. Just as the economy was heading into a downward spiral, Mr. Terrio opted to take a severance [...]

Byline: DANA MATTIOLI; WALL STREET JOURNAL STAFF Marcia Finberg's relationship with her boss had been cordial during the three years she worked as vice-president of marketing and business development for [...]

Byline: HRLook.com/Staff Ninety-two per cent of British bosses would swap at least one employee if there weren't any legal consequences - and 17 per cent would happily trade them all, [...]

Byline: Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- The US Supreme Court is set to hear a case this week that will provide important practical advice [...]

Byline: Wallace Immen Employers are seeing more job applicants with online degrees, but they aren't exactly clamouring to hire them, finds a survey of 172 companies by job site Vault.com. [...]

Byline: Wallace Immen Top managers at many companies spend too much time talking to employees and not enough time listening, according to a survey of 2,500 human resources executives in [...]

Byline: Marilyn Gardner Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Over the past four or five years Nancy Albertini, an executive recruiter, has seen an encouraging shift in the way [...]

Byline: Marilyn GardneR Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Five years ago, when Nicholas Turner began dating an emA-A-ployee who reported to him at Kaye/Bassman International Corp. in Plano, [...]

Byline: Wallace Immen Employers are in a firing mood this year, according to a forecast of layoffs from Denver-based human resources company Career Protection. The 1,375 corporate executives polled -5 [...]

Byline: Staff More Canadian employers are responding to work/family challenges by bringing in programs to better accommodate working parents, a poll by staffing service OfficeTeam finds. Sixty-five out of 100 [...]

Byline: Staff Nearly three-quarters - 72 per cent - of employees are open to a new career opportunity in 2008 - and the top reason would be to escape their [...]

Byline: Staff As the U.S. election campaign gains momentum, employees face a new pressure: their boss's political views. More than one-third - 35 per cent - of U.S. bosses openly [...]

Byline: WENCY LEUNG; Special to The Globe and Mail VANCOUVER -- When Alex Tu's cat Hidamali became ill with liver disease, the Vancouver resident spared no medical expense. Hidamali spent [...]

Byline: Harvey Schachter; harvey@harveyschachter.com Often the best management advice is counterintuitive, catching our attention. Sometimes, the best way to lead is to do the opposite of what you might believe [...]

Byline: DOUGLAS McARTHUR This was a year of bosses from hell and demon employees. Workplaces of 2007 were also overflowing with weird and wacky on-the-job mishaps and careers cut short [...]

Byline: LEN KARAKOWSKY Most everyone has heard of Bernard Ebbers and WorldCom Inc. But what of Betty Vinson? Mr. Ebbers is serving a 25-year prison sentence for the $11-billion (U.S.) [...]

Byline: VIRGINIA GALT; WORKPLACE REPORTER Sure, they say they have an open-door policy. Some even work in cubicles, just like everyone else in the firm. But don't let the optics [...]

Byline: L.M. SIXEL; New York Times News Service HOUSTON -- Sometimes it's really hard to concentrate on your job. Say you're going through a divorce. Or have an ailing mom [...]

Byline: BRUCE SANDY THE SCENARIO I am a female whose boss is also female. She's critical of my work and makes more demands on my time - much more so [...]