Employment

A national shortage of 80,000 truck drivers is spurring worry about the country's reliance on long-haul shipping.

Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration gave full approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. And while that doesn’t directly affect the legality of vaccine mandates in the workplace, it may make it easier for employers to institute one.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security is finally implementing a so-called work-share program — first authorized under a 2015 law — that could have saved anywhere from 43,600 to 123,900 jobs statewide during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youth job training programs like STL Youth Jobs are helping connect young people looking to grow their skills with businesses that need to quickly staff up.

Under the terms of the deal, the aquarium does not take any responsibility for wrongdoing, and the termination has been removed from the employees’ records.

St. Louis Public Radio spoke with a dozen current and former employees who said lax enforcement of COVID-19 rules is putting their health at risk.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released federal guidance last month, confirming that employers can require staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

A former Missouri state senator, Jeff Smith was sentenced to a year and a day in prison after being charged with two felony counts of conspiracy to…

Missouri’s Transportation Department is losing employees at a worrisome rate, said Patrick McKenna, its director. McKenna said that nearly half of the…

A snack shop at the Belleville MetroLink station now employs people with disabilities, providing on-the-job training to a community that often faces…