Workplace
Reading employer health data
A primer on the federal sources behind workplace health coverage statistics — Census coverage counts, BLS employer-cost series and plan documents — and how not to mix them.
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Workplace: Jobs and Careers
Workplace looks at the job itself: pay and benefits data, staffing and scheduling practices, automation on the shop floor and office, and the conditions surveys and statistics actually measure.
Pay data, staffing, scheduling, automation and the working conditions shaping jobs, grounded in federal statistics and company filings.
Workplace
Why hospital staffing falls short
GAO found hospital labor costs spiked on contract nurses during the pandemic; this explainer covers ratio laws, the retention record and the unresolved outcomes debate.
Workplace
Automation on the warehouse floor
Robotics now touch most large-fleet e-commerce orders while warehousing injury rates run near double the private-industry average; the two facts are connected.
Workplace
What scheduling laws do to hours
Fair workweek ordinances require advance notice and premium pay for changes; evaluations find instability falls without measurable hour losses.
Workplace
Overtime and the salary threshold
A primer on who qualifies for overtime under the FLSA, the duties tests, and where the salary floor stands after the 2024 vacatur.
Workplace
How OSHA counts injuries at work
A plain-language guide to what the recordkeeping rule logs, what the annual rate measures, and what both miss.