Act, designed to revive Italy's labor market and bring in foreign investors; legislation will introduce new rules, including easing of restrictions that make it difficult to dismiss employees. MORE

Dec. 20, 2014

Authorities in South Carolina remove four men with intellectual disabilities from run-down bunkhouse in Newberry and place with them with social services; removal of men comes after report that Leon Jones, one of so-called Henry's Boys, Texas men with intellectual disabilities who were put to work in turkey plants, was living there. MORE

Dec. 19, 2014

Op-Ed article by part-time waitress and English instructor Brittany Bronson wonders why society looks at blue-collar work as far more inferior than white-collar work; describes her experience navigating between both jobs and shame she feels working as a restaurant server; argues that there isas it destroyed, which was the case with previous technological leaps (Series: Nonemployed). MORE

Dec. 15, 2014

Stockholm is attracting fast-growing tech start-ups but its housing shortage poses problems for engineers needing rental apartments; clash between booming tech industry and housing restrictions is common in other major technology hubs worldwide. MORE

Dec. 14, 2014

The Upshot; United States has fallen behind many European countries in terms of employment rate for women, category in which it was a world leader as recently as 1990; data indicates that shift has been at least partially caused by a lack of family-friendly policies in the workplace, with 61 percent of affected women citing family responsibilities as their reason for leaving jobs (Series: Nonemployed). MORE

Dec. 13, 2014

Floyd Norris Off the Charts column observes employment is growing at