Metrics

Snapshot: What perks would make you change jobs?

09/05/2017

In a seller’s market, it pays to know the benefits prospective employees value most.

Snapshot: How many work a side gig?

08/29/2017

More women than men have a second job of some kind.

Salaries steady in ’18; variable pay rising

08/24/2017

Even as the economy strengthens and the job market remains tight, U.S. employers are holding the lid on salary increases—and they plan to do the same in 2018.

Snapshot: Long workdays, long workweeks

08/22/2017

A significant percentage of Americans often work 10 or more days per month of at least 10 hours. Even more routinely work at least 48 hours per week.

Study: Work takes emotional, physical toll

08/22/2017

The American workplace is physically and emotionally taxing, with workers frequently facing unstable work schedules, unpleasant and potentially hazardous working conditions, and an often hostile social environment, according to a new study.

Two-thirds of business travelers keep points, miles

08/15/2017

A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management found that 66% of employers let workers who travel on business keep hotel points and 65% let them keep frequent flyer miles.

Snapshot: Turns out, millennials aren’t job-hoppers

08/15/2017

Millennial workers are slightly more likely to stick with their employers than members of Generation X were when they were young.

Paid maternity leave up, paternity leave down

08/01/2017

According to the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2017 Employee Benefits Survey, 30% of organizations currently provide paid maternity leave beyond what is covered by short-term disability or state law, an increase from 26% in 2016.

We’re #1! Survey says U.S. workers are world’s happiest

07/25/2017

Researchers evaluated the levels of employee happiness among more than 23,000 working professionals in eight nations across Europe, North America and Australia.

Snapshot: What makes ‘the good life’?