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 ...

SPRINGFIELD — Western Massachusetts leaders in education and economic development met with Massachusetts Secretary for Labor and Workforce Development Lauren Jones for a summit on how to grow the ...

As of February 2025, the overall labor force participation rate for women in the U.S. stands at 57.5%. Five years ago, the rate was slightly higher (58.0% in February 2020). In that same period, the ...

How layoffs, AI adoption and policy pressures reshaped workforce opportunity in 2025, revealing risks that leaders must address heading into 2026.

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 ...

News outlets across the country like Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal and the Minnesota Star Tribune have picked up on a trend: Mothers of young children are leaving the labor force (front page, ...

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 ...

Manifest Law reports a growing trend of Indian women in H-1B visas, increasing their participation from 21% to 25% over five ...

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 ...

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has completed a series of reports that finds that if Kentucky parents had greater access to and less income going toward childcare, it could be a billion dollar ...