Fed Beige Book: Employers are leaning on AI, freezing hiring, changing hours to avoid layoffs

If a company wants to reduce its headcount, there are several levers it can pull. It could freeze hiring in order not to grow any further, or when people leave…

How employers can help workers with student loan debt

A few years ago, it seemed like the dream of widespread student debt forgiveness was alive and well. And although the hopes of millions of borrowers across the country have…

U.K. might follow Europe in fining employers who mesage staff after-hours

The U.K. is considering joining a host of other European countries in making it more costly for restless employers to contact their employees after the working day ends. The country’s…

More Americans are working past age 65—and that’s good news for employers

Once upon a time, the trajectory of a working life was clear: You put in decades at a company, hoping to methodically work your way up the ranks until you…