During the Great Recession, involuntary part-time employment surged. So, now that the economy is recovering, shouldn't involuntary employment return to prerecession levels? Perhaps not, according ...

The job market continues to be a mixed bag for millions of workers across the country. On a positive note, when workers are able to clock in more than 35 hours a week after being forced to take fewer ...

Part-time work has shifted from rigid shifts to on-demand income streams that can flex around school, caregiving, or a ...

The U.S. economy is recovering, but some glaring problems remain on the jobs front. One of those is all the people who have been forced into part-time employment when they would much rather be working ...

Let’s begin by understanding a couple of terms tossed around as of late: “pay parity” and “pay equity.” Quick now! Which do you want? If you said pay equity, please stay after class and clean the ...

When it comes to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ “First Friday” unemployment numbers, March’s data are a good reminder of our monthly mantra: don’t read too much into any one set of numbers, based on ...

Part-time workers who have no benefits in the workplace could become more financially secure if their employers provided voluntary benefits, according to a new report. Part-time workers who have no ...

Will health care reform push more employers toward part-time workers? A recent Wall Street Journal story thinks so, citing several restaurants, hotels and retailers that have started to fill full-time ...

The increase in part-time work since the recent recession is not unusual, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. But what has changed dramatically is the age of ...

Since it can be hard to find businesses that actually hire retirees part-time, particularly when searching on your own, here is a helpful list of companies that do.

JCPenney is turning to a well-worn playbook to improve customer service during key shopping days, The Post has learned. The department store will convert full-time employees to part-time positions — ...

The big noise on the health insurance front today was sounded by Target, which announced via a corporate blog that it’s ending health insurance for its part-time workers. Instead of signing up for a ...