Employment

You may see Equal Pay Day trending today. It’s a symbolic day used to raise awareness about the wage gap between men and women. Texas women earn 83 cents for every dollar men earn, according to the Dallas-based Texas Women’s Foundation. In a follow-up to its 2024 Economic Issues for Women in Texas Report, the foundation released new data on…

Texas women earn 83 cents for every dollar men earn, according to the Dallas-based Texas Women’s Foundation. Workshops aim to close that gap.

Donald Trump has laid off thousands of federal employees in the first two months of his second term, with more expected in the coming weeks.

Employee Appreciation Day is Friday, March 7. It’s a day dedicated to letting workers know that their efforts and contributions are valued.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas estimated nearly 225.000 jobs to be added in Texas, increasing employment to 14.5 million by the end of 2025.

U.S. employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, but the jobless rate slipped to 4% to start 2025 and the government revised November and December payrolls higher. The first job report of Donald Trump’s second presidency on Friday suggested that he inherited a labor market that is solid but unspectacular. Economists had expected about 170,000 new jobs in January. Healthcare...

While Dallas Police is budgeted to hire 250 officers this year, the total could increase to 400 with larger academy classes.

The H1-B program allows American employers to sponsor visas for highly skilled workers from overseas who cannot be easily found in the American workforce.

Thousands of workers are facing an unsettling reality heading into 2025. After years of working from the comfort of home, they’re being told it’s time to return to the office full-time for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic.

Job creation in November rebounded from a near-standstill the prior month as the effects of a significant labor strike and violent storms in the southeast receded, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

A new study from the Texas Women’s Foundation shines a light on economic and business issues for Texas women and highlights their increasing contributions to the workforce.

A new study about Texas women in the workforce is raising red flags. NBC 5’s Larry Collins has the details.

Starbucks says incoming CEO Brian Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks’s head office in Seattle on a corporate jet.

Deryl McKissack, CEO of construction firm McKissack & McKissack, is no stranger to spotting toxic traits in the workplace. She looks for these three the most.

Author and life coach, Katrina McGhee, shares the benefits of taking a career break.

According to the report, Texas ranks 47th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This means that Texas is one of the worst states for women to live in, based on the metrics analyzed.

The arrival of 2024 comes after another strong year for the economy here in DFW. Data shows North Texas created the second most new jobs of any metro in the country. NBC 5’s Keenan Willard joins us now with what economists are expecting this year will bring.