Why This Jobs Report Will Be a Mess

By BEN CASSELMAN
NYT Business
The lengthy government shutdown will make the Labor Department’s employment data for January hard to interpret.
Published date: February 1, 2019 at 01:03AM
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Government Shutdown Shakes Stability of Jobs That Are Often the Best Around

By NATALIE KITROEFF and ROBERT GEBELOFF
NYT Economy
Federal work is an anchor in many local economies, offering security and benefits increasingly rare in the private sector and a route to the middle class.
Published date: January 17, 2019 at 02:15AM
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Unemployment Looks Like 2000 Again. But Wage Growth Doesn’t.

By ERNIE TEDESCHI
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Trying to solve an economic mystery.
Published date: October 22, 2018 at 12:00PM
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September Jobs Report: Here’s What to Watch For

By BEN CASSELMAN
NYT Economy
The Labor Department data will provide the latest snapshot of the American economy.
Published date: October 5, 2018 at 12:00PM
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One Reason for Slow Wage Growth? More Benefits

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
NYT Politics
The rise of nonwage compensation like paid time off is helping persuade the Fed to push up interest rates.
Published date: September 25, 2018 at 09:25PM
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Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.

By MATTHEW DESMOND
NYT
U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is, Do those jobs pay enough to live on?
Published date: September 11, 2018 at 12:00PM
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A Paid Family Leave Plan That Congress Might Actually Pass

By KRISTIN A. SHAPIRO
NYT
Marco Rubio’s proposal is pragmatic, flexible and doesn’t raise taxes. It’s Americans’ best shot at getting paid family leave.
Published date: August 16, 2018 at 01:00PM
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At Carrier, the Factory Trump Saved, Morale Is Through the Floor

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
NYT Economy
Twenty months after the president-elect reached a deal to keep blue-collar jobs from leaving the country, absenteeism plagues the Indiana plant.
Published date: August 10, 2018 at 04:30PM
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Robots? Training? Factories Tackle the Productivity Puzzle

By BEN CASSELMAN
NYT Economy
With unemployment low and wages creeping up, companies have an incentive to become more efficient — an exercise that tends to drive economic progress.
Published date: June 25, 2018 at 04:47PM
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Taxi Drivers in New York Are Struggling. So Are Uber Drivers.

By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS
NYT
A group for Uber drivers has faced questions over its independence. Now it is attacking Uber over driver pay and is pushing for a cap on new drivers.
Published date: June 17, 2018 at 10:54PM
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If the Robots Come for Our Jobs, What Should the Government Do?

By NEIL IRWIN
NYT
Some big ideas are starting to percolate. But less dramatic ones might work, too.
Published date: June 12, 2018 at 05:00PM
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Jobs Report for May: Here’s What to Watch For

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
NYT Economy
The report is due at 8:30 a.m., and Wall Street economists estimated that the economy added 190,000 jobs last month, up from 164,000 in April.
Published date: June 1, 2018 at 12:00PM
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How Boston Is Trying to Close the Gender Pay Gap

By ANNA LOUIE SUSSMAN
NYT
Through pay-negotiation workshops and partnerships with more than 100 companies, the city is trying to help female workers match the salaries of male counterparts.
Published date: May 26, 2018 at 12:00PM
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A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone?

By RACHEL ABRAMS and ROBERT GEBELOFF
NYT
A shortage of workers is changing the equation that many restaurants have long relied on.
Published date: May 3, 2018 at 12:00PM
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