Coverage of employment as it is experienced: pay and its structure, hours and scheduling notice, workplace safety records, bargaining and representation, and the automation redefining tasks. Evidence comes from inspection data, contracts and filings. For HR leaders, organizers, employment lawyers and labor economists.
The salary level that decides who gets overtime has been fought over for decades, and the 2024-2025 rule's rise and fall in court left millions of salaried workers back where they started.
Sofia Lindqvist · March 31, 2026
Roughly a tenth of American workers now earn through platforms or independent contracts, and the missing piece is not the wage but the infrastructure around it.
Sofia Lindqvist · March 8, 2026
Paid family and medical leave laws in over a dozen states now cover millions of workers the federal FMLA leaves unpaid, and the map decides who gets a check during the worst year of their life.
Jay Douglas · February 14, 2026
Hundreds of large employers have stripped bachelor's requirements from job postings, and the hiring data now shows where the pledge holds and where it quietly stops.
Sofia Lindqvist · January 22, 2026
Companies keep ordering workers back, but badge-in records show offices fill fewer than half their desks on the average weekday.
Sofia Lindqvist · December 30, 2025