These Exoskeletons Can Help Prevent Worker Injury

The latest wave of exoskeletons are being tested in automobile factories.

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Amazon to Pay Hourly Workers' College Tuition

Amazon said more than 750,000 U.S. hourly workers are eligible.

UPS to Hire 100,000, Many in 30 Minutes or Less

Take too long to hire, and an applicant can go elsewhere.

A 'NOW HIRING' sign is posted in the window of The Wharf Chocolate Factory at Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey, Calif. on Aug. 6.

U.S. Set Another Job Openings Record in July With 10.9M

It topped the month-old record of 10.2 million openings in June.

In this May 20, 2020 photo, residents cheer and hold thank-you signs to greet employees of a Smithfield pork processing plant as they begin their shift in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Meatpacking & Farm Workers to Receive $600 Grants in $700M Aid Plan

The grants are meant to defray some of the costs workers bore as many of them bought their own PPE or took unpaid leave amid COVID-19.

Life Sciences Company to Create 1,400 Jobs in Tennessee

The facility will produce bioprocess containers and fluid transfer assemblies.

RunX CEO Ankur Dahiya, center, takes part in a meeting with employees Nitin Aggarwal, left, and JD Palomino, right, at a rented office in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. The eight-worker startup rents the office one day a week so Dahiya can meet with remote working employees who live nearby but other employees are in Canada, Nevada, and Oregon.

Businesses Find Remote Work Is Easier to Begin than End

The transition has been complicated by the rapid spread of the delta variant.

In this June 18, 2021 file photo, UAW Members strike outside the Volvo Trucks North America plant in Dublin, Va. With Help Wanted signs at factories and businesses spreading across the nation, in manufacturing and in service industries, union workers like those at the Volvo site are seizing the opportunity to try to recover some of the bargaining power — and financial security — they feel they lost in recent decades as unions shrank in size and influence.

Labor Shortage Leaves Union Workers Feeling More Emboldened

The current worker shortage has compelled many employers to raise pay.

In this March 27, 2020, file photo, a Walgreens sign is displayed outside the store in Wheeling, Ill. Walgreens will hike starting pay to $15 an hour beginning in October, as employers across the United States continue boosting wages to attract workers.

U.S. Hiring Slows to Just 235,000 Jobs After 2 Strong Months

Rising inflation pressures contributed to a drop in consumer confidence.

Sarah White, center, area manager of Lost Dog Cafe, trains manager Alex Aleman, left, in a new pasta preparation technique, as they work at the cafe in Fairfax, Va., on Aug. 27.

Firms Loosen Job Requirements to Attract Workers, but Challenges Remain

A growing number of companies, in desperation for hired hands, are loosening restrictions on everything from age to level of experience.

Amazon to Hire 55,000 People in Corporate, Technology Jobs

About 40,000 of those hires will be in the U.S.

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Louisiana Seafood Distributor Pays $139K in Backwages to 100 Workers

Acadia Processors failed to pay employees required incentives and bonuses for overtime work.

A Google Street view of Mondelez' Nabisco bakery plant in Portland, OR.

Updated: Mondelez-Nabisco Strikes Now Span 5 States

Workers at a Georgia distribution center joined the fold of strikes at facilities in Oregon, Virginia, Colorado and Illinois.