During the pandemic, mothers saw a dramatic increase in workforce participation levels. however, since the beginning of 2025, those levels have seen continuous declines eliminating their pandemic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images). A recent drop in women’s workforce participation is a blinking red light for women and our economy. For ...

The number of people with disabilities in the workforce has surged in recent years, new research shows. A report out from SHRM, an association for human resource professionals, finds that labor force ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year, mothers ages 20 to 44 with young children have been leaving the workforce at a steady clip, according to a new analysis ...

The rate of people either working or looking for work in the U.S. ticked down to 62%.

The state is trying to remove barriers to education and workforce participation. The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (MDHEWD) announced a new strategic plan targeting ...

Miya Walker, 25, wasn't worried about child care costs when she was pregnant with her son in 2021. Her data analyst role was remote, and her mom was around when she needed help. But after her son was ...

While the unemployment figure dropped slightly in March, what caught everyone's attention was the 500,000 who left the workforce, no longer working or looking for work, prompting the Washington Post ...

Over the past generation, the work trends for older Americans were one of the bright spots in an otherwise decidedly mixed labor force picture. But that is no longer the case. Both employment and ...

Alabama now officially has a Department of Workforce. Late Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey announced the state’s Department of Labor would officially change its name and focus on Feb. 1, with former State Sen.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A “childcare desert” stretches across all 13 counties in Michigan’s "Region 4," a large chunk of West Michigan. Running from Mason and Osceola counties in the north to Allegan and ...