Aunt says she’s skipping niece’s Labor Day weekend wedding because she doesn’t travel during major holidays. Dear Eric: One ...

Compressed work schedules trade longer workdays for fewer of them. Learn the pros and cons and how to ask your boss for one.

The Reality of Working on Labor Day Why Some Jobs Can’t Take a Break. Every year, as Labor Day rolls around, a lot of folks are gearing up for barbecues, beach outings, or just a lazy day off.

It may seem counterintuitive to suggest that, on Labor Day, we devote our attention to a subset of the American population who should not be working, or at least not working in jobs that are ...

Digital workers in Kenya had to sift through horrific online content to train AI, but say they were underpaid, overworked, ...

Chicago is intimately tied to the history of the labor movement and Labor Day. We suggest some Chicago-related books that remain relevant as we think about the past and the future of work.

During the Great Depression, the Senate passed — and President Franklin D. Roosevelt supported — a bill to establish a standard 30-hour workweek. Then it got derailed.

For Labor Day, a holiday dedicated to the worker, here are some famous, memorable songs about work. 1 of 25 ... It’s about that good feeling you get when the work day is finally over.

May Day, celebrated by workers across the globe as International Labor Day, occurs on May 1 each year. Protesters used the labor holiday to decry what they view as attacks on the working class and ...

In California, children can legally start working at age 12, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations.

Traditionally, white is the color of summer, so it can be worn from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The color rule also was used to differentiate those who did manual work over office work. That said, the ...

It may seem counterintuitive to suggest that, on Labor Day, we devote our attention to a subset of the American population who should not be working, or at least not working in jobs that are ...