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, ...

VIRGINIA & WEST VIRGINIA (WVVA) - Virginia’s labor force participation rate sits well above the national average while ...

The labor force participation rate — how much of the working age population has a job or is looking for one — held at 62.7% percent last month, according to the latest jobs report released Friday.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The participation rate of women in the American workforce hit an all-time high last year but has dropped precipitously since then.

It’s a story of social history meets economics: The 19th Amendment declared women had the right to vote. But less appreciated is the role of the First World War in paving the path for women in careers ...

The state's labor force participation rate remains low — and New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions leaders say some of that has to do with the high number of people in the state on disability.

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 ...

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 ...

Housing and workforce development are top of mind for state lawmakers. Housing and workforce development are two issues that have been top of mind lately for Kentucky leaders. During a legislative ...