What do remote and hybrid workers do all day? They often brag about how productive they are with no gossipy colleagues to distract them or time wasted on long commutes. But a new survey is offering ...

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The workers - which include room attendants, front desk agents, banquet workers, cooks and dishwashers - walked off the job Sunday morning at four hotels: The Hilton Park Plaza, Fairmont Copley Plaza, ...

These days, it looks like the bloom is coming off the rose for remote work: Many employers are talking tougher. New research shows employees are actually less productive when they work from home ...

Ms. Waldman’s forthcoming novel, “Help Wanted,” takes place in a big-box store. Back in 2018, with an eye to writing a novel about low-wage work in America, I got a job at a big-box store near the ...

What value would American workers place on the privilege to work from home? The answer: either $4,600 or $6,000 a year, depending on how you do the math. Three years into the remote-work revolution, ...

Construction workers in Louisiana are the nation's hardest working builders, according to a map showing the hours spent on site across America. In Louisiana they have an average working week of 46.1 ...

Construction work is inherently dangerous, but the risks faced by workers can vary significantly depending on where they're located. Despite being in an industry that works tirelessly to maintain ...