Mandates got people back at desks, but the two most-cited studies of the past three years find no firm-level performance bump — and the collaboration they promised looks different in person than leaders expected.
Michael Hayes
A federal court blocked the FTC's nationwide noncompete rule in 2024, and the agency formally erased it in February 2026 — so whether your contract can lock you out of your next job still depends on where you work, not on Washington.
Amara Okonkwo
BLS JOLTS data released in October 2024 showed openings at their lowest since 2021, but the quits rate holding at 2.1% says more about how much leverage workers still feel.
Michael Hayes
The monthly payroll print is a sample-based estimate with a forecast bolted on. Here's what the birth-death model does, when the benchmark fixes it, and how big a normal correction looks.
Lena Fischer
Access to paid time off is near a high point, but a large share of workers still leave days unused — the gap comes down to workload, tenure and who's watching.
A concept once waved away as a soft-skills buzzword has two decades of peer-reviewed research behind it. Here is what the term actually describes, and why some leaders track it like a business metric.
Federal data says 11.9 million independent contractors. Federal data also says 29.8 million businesses without employees. Here is why both are right, and how to tell which number you actually need.
The post-money SAFE locks an investor's percentage the day it's signed — here's the arithmetic, the option-pool clause, and the filing deadline founders miss.
New payroll data from ADP and the Atlanta Fed shows the raise gap between switching jobs and staying put has nearly closed — and for Gen Z workers, it's already reversing.
Kara WilliamsA growing list of states now force employers to post a real salary range. The best evidence on what that actually does isn't the story most people expect.
Michael Hayes
A widely cited Harvard Business School–Burning Glass Institute study of more than 11,000 roles found the skills-based hiring boom changed job postings far more than it changed who actually got hired.
Priya VaithilingamNine states now force employers to disclose pay in job listings. The research on what that actually does to your paycheck is more complicated than 'transparency fixes everything.'
Michael Hayes