This week's top stories reveal the ways employers may be getting in the way of employees' efforts at recognizing their potential in the workplace.

Early retirement and long COVID could be behind the massive gap in employment nearly three years after the pandemic began.

Employers are increasingly looking at a truncated workweek as a way to recruit employees and maintain healthy work-life balance.

Silicon Valley tops financial technology company SmartAsset's ranking.

Virtual recruiting and digital communication are great ways to develop deeper connections with potential hires coming out of college.

Inclusion is the practice of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized.

The company promoted Terrence Cummings as their new "chief opportunity officer" to better workers' career prospects and earning potential.

Only 2% of applicants said playful jargon makes a job appealing to them. Over half said the opposite.

Organizations with outdated emergency plans may find themselves unable to locate, let alone help, their remote employees.

Shai Poulard, NerdWallet's head of global diversity, equity and inclusion, talks about the future of diversity initiatives — and why she hopes she won't be the one creating them.

Planning ahead and streamlining the interview process will help find the right remote candidates.

From losing valuable employees to getting stuck with bad managers, an employee engagement expert talks about the dangers of finding layoff loopholes.

With live and on-demand group classes in over 20 mental and emotional health practices, WellSet helps employers supplement their employees' self-care.

A five-year contract agreement with its largest union grants 3% annual raises for the first four years and creates a remote-work pilot program for some municipal employees. 

In this week's top stories, employers including Gympass, Headspace and Cariloop are offering new benefits to help employees manage their life in and out of work.

Networking organization Chief has launched a new enterprise offering to help businesses support women leaders and grow equity at work.

The fattest profits in 70 years have helped sustain a pandemic hiring spree by U.S. business. Now, margins are shrinking and that could signal harder times ahead in the jobs market.

From standard alarm clock mishaps to losing their keys before work, these are employees' go-to explanations when they're in a tight spot.

After a 12 year employment gap, Naga Vijaya Lakshmi Ijjada participated in Allstate's returnship program to restart a career in software development at the company.

Workers of the world are more exhausted than ever.