Civil service exam bottlenecks and union pushback halted a plan to join a streamlined hiring program, leaving agencies understaffed as Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes office.
Switzerland’s education system embodies a tight connection between school and work, functioning as a talent development system for the economy. Employers take the lead.
The state’s 2021 pay-range law helped fuel similar policies across the U.S. and now the European Union.
Officials hope the move helps them ease a doctor shortage.
Nurses from some of the city’s leading hospitals went on strike early Monday, with labor and management unable to reach a deal that would pay nurses more, provide better security and ensure minimum staffing.
A decades-old payroll system and advance pay practices are costing the state millions and frustrating employees forced to pay it back.
Soaring costs are pushing parents out of the workforce and draining productivity from local employers.
Worker-owned cooperatives and direct-connect registries are reducing turnover and reshaping how older adults get care at home.
A new statute ensures the AI-focused office will outlast the current governor and gives it new authority to fund and share technology projects.
More than 8.3 million minimum-wage workers got a pay raise Jan. 1, marking the largest single-day wave of state minimum wage increases.
DHS is using federal funds to reimburse local police who partner with ICE, a policy that could reshape law enforcement in rural communities with limited staffing and resources.
Highly competitive, employer-backed pathways to bachelor’s degrees are fueling interest as U.S. leaders look to scale apprenticeships.
The governor’s plan will require expansion beneficiaries to work 80 hours a month or be enrolled in school half time to retain coverage.
A new state audit finds vacancy rates above 30 percent despite hundreds of millions spent on salaries, bonuses and contract labor.
Workers can access up to 20 weeks of combined leave, funded through a new payroll tax shared by employers and employees.
With nearly 1,500 vacancies, the Department of Social Services is requiring mandatory overtime and risking burnout while struggling to process SNAP and cash-assistance cases.
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