Start-Ups and Old Guard Spar Across U.S. on Noncompete Pacts

As some states make it harder to block workers from going elsewhere, Idaho has passed a law that tips the scale toward their employers.

How a Rising Minimum Wage Affects Jobs in Seattle

Two studies offer conflicting conclusions on the law’s effects on the labor market, and some say the area’s economic boom is a larger factor.

Robot Revolution: Amazon’s Move Signals End of Line for Many Cashiers

Robot Revolution By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER June 17, 2017 Imagine this scene from the future: You walk into a store and are greeted by name, by a computer with facial recognition that directs you to the items you need. You peruse a small area — no...

Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘Skills Gap’ Debate to the Fore

By NOAM SCHEIBER June 15, 2017 President Trump is taking one the most concrete steps of his presidency on Thursday to address the employment prospects of workers left behind by the current economic expansion. In doing so, he also joins a long-running and...

Economic Trends: Janet Yellen and the Case of the Missing Inflation

Economic Trends By NEIL IRWIN June 14, 2017 Inflation has stubbornly stayed lower than the Federal Reserve has desired for the past eight years, and it has been falling in the last few months. In a move that could well define her chairmanship of the central...

Culture Clash at a Chinese-Owned Plant in Ohio

By NOAM SCHEIBER and KEITH BRADSHER June 10, 2017 MORAINE, Ohio — When a giant Chinese glassmaker arrived here in 2014 and began spending what would become more than a half-billion dollars to fix up an abandoned General Motors plant, it...