Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says the December unemployment number held steady while the number of ...

During the pandemic, mothers saw a dramatic increase in workforce participation levels. however, since the beginning of 2025, those levels have seen continuous declines eliminating their pandemic ...

This year, mothers ages 20 to 44 with young children have been leaving the workforce at a steady clip, according to a new analysis published on Wednesday. By July, the most recent month for which we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images). A recent drop in women’s workforce participation is a blinking red light for women and our economy. For ...

Miya Walker, 25, wasn't worried about child care costs when she was pregnant with her son in 2021. Her data analyst role was remote, and her mom was around when she needed help. But after her son was ...

Over the past generation, the work trends for older Americans were one of the bright spots in an otherwise decidedly mixed labor force picture. But that is no longer the case. Both employment and ...

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education sees lesser participation of women in the workforce ...

SPRINGFIELD — Western Massachusetts leaders in education and economic development met with Massachusetts Secretary for Labor and Workforce Development Lauren Jones for a summit on how to grow the ...