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#immigration-enforcement
fromFortune
1 week ago
US politics

Trump's immigration crackdown is backfiring by hurting the U.S.-born workers it was meant to help, data shows | Fortune

Despite aggressive immigration enforcement reducing foreign-born workers by over one million since March 2025, U.S.-born labor force participation declined from 61.4% to 61%, contradicting the administration's goal of boosting native-born employment.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago
US politics

The Truth About Immigration That MAGA Doesn't Acknowledge

Reduced immigration and intensified enforcement are shrinking the child-care workforce, prompting many U.S. mothers to leave jobs or have fewer children.
US politics
fromFortune
1 week ago

Trump's immigration crackdown is backfiring by hurting the U.S.-born workers it was meant to help, data shows | Fortune

Despite aggressive immigration enforcement reducing foreign-born workers by over one million since March 2025, U.S.-born labor force participation declined from 61.4% to 61%, contradicting the administration's goal of boosting native-born employment.
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Women
fromForbes
2 months ago

Women Made Up Nearly All The Job Losses Last Month. Here's Why

Men entered the labor force at three times the rate of women in 2025, with widening gender and racial employment disparities and impacts on economic output.
#black-women
fromFortune
3 months ago
US politics

Why is Black female unemployment soaring? Experts gather in Boston to discuss 7.5% unemployment rate | Fortune

fromFortune
3 months ago
US politics

Why is Black female unemployment soaring? Experts gather in Boston to discuss 7.5% unemployment rate | Fortune

more#black-women
#disability-employment
fromInc
4 months ago
Careers

Remote Work Boosts Employment for People With Disabilities, Survey Shows

fromInc
4 months ago
Careers

Remote Work Boosts Employment for People With Disabilities, Survey Shows

more#disability-employment
Tech industry
fromThe Verge
4 months ago

Tech left teens fighting over scraps, and now it wants those too

Advances in automation and AI are replacing entry-level teen jobs, sharply reducing youth labor-force participation and disadvantaging young workers while benefiting automation investors.
Business
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago

Why America's disconnected youth are growing - and how to fix it

Labor-force participation among 22- to 27-year-olds without college degrees has fallen sharply, with rising numbers of disconnected youth neither working, in school, nor seeking employment.
#working-mothers
fromFortune
5 months ago
US news

The Great Exit: Return-to-office demands and skyrocketing childcare push young mothers out of the workforce | Fortune

fromFortune
5 months ago
US news

The Great Exit: Return-to-office demands and skyrocketing childcare push young mothers out of the workforce | Fortune

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US news
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago

The plight of college-educated men shows where the job market is going

Men with bachelor's degrees have experienced stagnant cumulative wage growth since 1991, while women's earnings have risen as female-dominated fields expand.
Women
fromJezebel
6 months ago

New Census Data Reveals America's Wage Gap Is Getting Worse

The gender pay gap widened in 2024, with women earning 80.9% of men’s median earnings, reversing recent progress.
fromUSA TODAY
6 months ago

They were told they could have it all. So why are so many moms leaving their jobs?

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 born in April 2022, her employer pushed going back to the office, an hourlong drive from her home in Snellville, Georgia. Then, her mom's arthritis flared up.
Women
fromAol
6 months ago

They were told they could have it all. So why are so many moms leaving their jobs?

Rising child care costs and return-to-office demands are pushing many mothers of young children out of the workforce, risking long-term earnings and career setbacks.
fromFortune
6 months ago

Forget 40 hours: The Dutch get their work done in just 32 hours a week-and women made it possible

While Americans cling to their hybrid schedules to have some flexibility with their jobs, workers in the Netherlands have quietly abandoned the five-day workweek, working an average of 32.1 hours in 2024. And the country's staffers have women to thank for the change. The new work standard could help keep people in the labor force, as working women in the U.S. have dropped out in droves amid RTO pushes.
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US politics
fromBusiness Insider
6 months ago

The job market's boy problem is getting worse - but data suggests some ways to fix it

Unemployment and labor-force withdrawal among young men are increasing, risking understaffed industries, reduced Social Security revenue, and worsening mental health.
Women
fromFast Company
7 months ago

Just 7% of small-business owners say the child care crisis is a critical problem. Here's why

Child care costs are rising, yet small business owners prioritize other issues over it.
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