Understanding labor trends allows leaders to anticipate changes, optimize their hiring processes, tailor marketing efforts ...

The jobless rate is at historic lows and certainly is an important economic barometer. But looking at the labor force participation rate might be a more telling story. That rate, which calculates the ...

Aug. 15—Morgan and Limestone counties have among the highest labor participation rates of counties in the state and among the lowest unemployment rates, according to the most recent data released by ...

Yesterday, I read an interesting report from Barclays Capital debunking a piece of conventional economic wisdom. American labor force participation — that is, the percentage of working-age persons who ...