"Women are also benefiting from gains in education and health services in the private sector, Entmacher said, as well as professional and business services, which include temp jobs. For roughly every one job lost in [...]

Raleigh, N.C. — Women in North Carolina have narrowed the gap with men in terms of wages and have made advances in obtaining higher education and in access to health care in recent years, according [...]

More important stats to think about before you vote exactly one month from today (OMG!): For the first time since January 2009, the nation's unemployment rate dropped below 8.0 percent to 7.8 percent. That's a [...]

Paid sick days save companies money in long run Re: "The fix is on D.C. sick leave audit," Sept. 30 The Employment Policies Institute's Michael Saltsman makes several false assumptions when he questions the validity [...]

Men have lost more jobs than women over the course of the recession—in large part because male-dominated industries like construction have suffered some of the most dramatic drops. But male employment has also recovered at [...]

"When Jeanne Majors, 63, took an early retirement in December 2005, she assumed that she would pick up a part-time job and be in good financial shape. She didn't know that her future would quickly [...]