To save money and help with teacher recruitment, a growing number of public schools are taking Fridays off. We've gathered research on the benefits and consequences of four-day school weeks.

If you work for a boss who has all the emotional intelligence of a computer, consider that someday your boss might actually be a computer. It's already happening in ridesharing and it won't stop there, according to new research.

Scrambling to find fresh angles for back-to-school stories? Here are three great story ideas with matching research to get you started.

Research in the journal Labour Economics pits three factors against each other to help explain why teen employment has been declining for decades.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a jobs report every month. Here are key facts journalists should know before reporting on it.

Are workplace recovery programs successful in helping people to quit abusing drugs and avoid relapsing? A growing field of research suggests the answer is yes, though their success may have more to do with incentives than the nature of work itself. There are a few ways that scholars have studied the relationship between employment

How much of an edge do athletes and legacy students have in elite college admissions? How do they compare to other students academically? We've gathered research that looks at these questions and others.

A new study of job ads suggests there's a demand for journalists with expertise in areas such as audience analytics and computer programming and those with certain personality traits such as outgoingness.

We offer reporters tips on covering teachers unions, including developing union sources and understanding public school teachers' pay systems.

Part-time work adjustments have driven one-third to half of the hours lost during recessions in the U.S. and U.K., researchers report.