A sharp rise in construction wages hasn’t solved the industry’s labor shortage — and meanwhile, is driving up prices for homebuyers Construction wages rose 21% between 2021 and 2024, significantly ...

The massive disruption to the job market wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, when by the latter half of 2021 almost half of American companies were reporting a worker shortage, impacted every corner of ...

The number of state employees in Louisiana increased 5.4% from 2021 through 2024, but staffing shortages remain across most state agencies with an average vacancy rate of 14%, according to a recent ...

Ending unemployment benefits early also may have played a role in getting workers back, according to the CEO.

The hardest positions to fill in the region’s construction industry are field supervision and project management roles. Rosemary Adams, talent acquisition manager with JE Dunn Construction, said those ...

The Great People Shortage is about to wreak havoc on the US economy — but there's an easy way to fix it.

The exterior of the Iowa state capitol building is seen in Des Moines on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some ...