Whatever the personal and productivity impacts of remote work, the savings of US$10,000 per year are the employer’s. In effect, this represents an offloading of costs onto employees — a...

Young workers tend not to have small business debts or family obligations. They are unlikely to own homes that must be sold to take up employment in other locations. Young...

The pandemic has not only made Canada's migrant workers more visible, but has also highlighted the essential nature of the work they do....

For those at the beginning of their working lives, the long-term impact of earnings lost to COVID-19 could be particularly large. Gaining work experience during the pandemic will help Canada’s...

People living with disabilities, youth, LGBTQ2 people, Indigenous people, certain racialized minorities, immigrants and those with low socioeconomic status often face complex barriers to entering the workforce....

Governments need to better understand the effectiveness of existing employment retraining programs, so they can make informed decisions about how to help workers prepare for the future....

According to the World Bank, students abandoning advanced or “tertiary” studies — everything from university to advanced-level studies — is a serious issue negatively impacting countries’ capacities for economic growth and...

For those who do complete their degree, the number of annual PhD graduates exceeds the number of available academic openings in all but a few specialized areas of study....

Interestingly, there’s no evidence that middle-skill jobs are disappearing in Canada, according to my findings. Rather, I’ve observed a steady decline in low-skill manual and service occupations throughout the period...

On the surface, the well-being of the American worker seems rosy. Unemployment in the U.S. hovers near a 50-year low, and employers describe growing shortages of workers in a wide...