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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Michel Carter covers working parents, diversity, and jobs. The continued decline in mothers’ workforce participation ...

The December unemployment rate moved up one tenth of a percent to 3.2%. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says that comes as more people were looking for jobs. “The good news is that ...

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 ...

New labor statistics show a troubling reversal for women in the workforce, with participation rates falling after pandemic-era highs. Experts say rising childcare costs and reduced remote work options ...

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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, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Shifts in hiring, job design and workforce participation exposed structural fragility in the ...

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 ...

Mississippi deserves credit for myriad efforts to increase the number of folks working for a living and contributing more to the state’s development and society overall. Mississippi has for years been ...