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Gender disparities in income are greater in many white-collar U.S. professions than blue-collar, a Wall Street Journal examination found, and don’t lend themselves to legislative remedies.
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Employers can provide employees big incentives or insurance discounts if they answer questions about their health, according to new rules issued Monday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Still influential as he nears 60, the prolific choreographer can look back on a long list of accolades.
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The federal government will begin scanning applicants’ social media posts as part of the security clearance process, a reflection of how information on Facebook, Twitter and similar sites is increasingly seen as an important part of someone’s background.
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One common refrain from readers is the majority of jobs employers are creating are -- in their words -- not good, part time, temporary or seasonal minimum wage positions of minimal benefit and mostly in the service sector. So we took a closer look at the data.
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Some people shift career paths after a revelatory moment or dream; an archaeologist’s photo, a doctor’s encounter with a homeless man.
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One day last month, two big companies announced takeovers that had something in common: Neither Comcast nor AbbVie used a banker. They aren’t alone.
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Ralph Gardner Jr. visits with David Korins, the Tony-nominated set designer for the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton.”
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The growth of firms such as Uber and Lyft has been a boon for the background checkers tasked to vet hundreds of thousands of amateur taxi drivers.
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In a conciliatory move, Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to work with the new Independent Drivers Guild in New York City, giving its drivers there a say in issues such as fares and deactivations.
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A Chinese-American hydrologist at the heart of a discontinued spy case has filed a discrimination complaint against the Commerce Department after it fired her for many of the same allegations a U.S. attorney decided to drop.
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The number of workers who started a new job or left an old job both declined in March, while the number of new job openings is at the highest level on records dating back 15 years.
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The U.S. Department of Education is piloting a program for low-income high-school students to get funds to enroll in college-level courses.
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Millennial issues have become a source of income for a host of self-anointed experts who say they can interpret young workers’ whims and aspirations.
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Millennial issues have become a source of income for a host of self-anointed experts who say they can interpret young workers’ whims and aspirations.
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To rope in new campanologists, some church bell-ringers say the practice should be promoted as an athletic pursuit.
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Germany’s Bundesbank has lost clout in Europe, but its castle training ground for central bankers, Deutsche Bundesbank University of Applied Sciences, is going strong.
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Falling table-tennis sales give a peek into the economics of Silicon Valley, where the right to play on the job is sacrosanct.
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Jose Garces started his professional career in New York two decades ago but left to establish himself in other cities. This week Mr. Garces returned with Amada, a tapas restaurant inspired by his grandmother.
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