WASHINGTON (AP) — Online gig work is growing globally, particularly in the developing world, creating an important source of employment for women and young people in poorer countries where jobs ...

Question: I run a small business and provide my employees with three days of sick leave per year. Someone told me employees might be entitled to more starting next year. Is this true? Answer ...

Joshua Wood remembers days during the COVID-19 lockdown when New York City’s streets were practically empty, save for workers like him. That experience convinced the 25-year-old Brooklynite ...

Maria Rios, 59, on May 9, 2023. Rios suffers from diabetes and, since the closure of the Madera Community Hospital, now has ...

The P.E.I. government says changes that could make paid sick days a reality for more Island workers won't happen until spring 2024 at the earliest. Meanwhile, some Island employees say they're ...

Colorado didn’t see big, sweeping changes this year in its labor laws, at least compared to recent years, like 2020, when the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplace Act and FAMLI Act, which ...

With some of the biggest issues facing our country caught up in partisan gridlock, one promising opening for Congress to pass meaningful reform this year is to establish a federal paid family ...

Workers in California could get at least five days of paid sick leave thanks to a legislation being forwarded in the state Senate. State Senator Lena Gonzalez, (D-Long Beach) has amended Senate Bill ...

Arizona has begun offering 12 weeks of paid leave to new parents who are state employees and made expanded leave available to state workers to care for a sick family member, fulfilling an early ...

Works in the United Kingdom are taking more sick days now than at any point during the last decade, new data shows. Employees were taking 7.8 days of leave in the last year, up from 5.8 days pre ...

Roughly 1 in 6 American adults have engaged in gig work for platforms such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, according to a 2021 ...