Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Michel Carter covers working parents, diversity, and jobs. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce reported in 1989 that 86% of ...

Companies can benefit from hiring mid-career professionals who’ve taken a break. by Carol Fishman Cohen During the past few years Amazon has been experimenting with programs to recruit mid-career ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adia Harvey Wingfield is an author and a professor of sociology. By early 2025, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon had had enough. In ...

The labor participation rate for women, especially mid-career women, is roaring back. Workers who stepped off the career path in recent years, especially women, are finding new opportunities to ...

Since the pandemic began, millions of women have left the workforce. And many of them have done so because of caregiving responsibilities that have traditionally fallen to women. Re-entering the ...

In the United States, maternity leave is a patchwork of policies. Some are generous, but most are lacking in adequate time, pay, flexibility, or realistic expectations. Almost all are failing to ...

A major ruling in a return-to-work policy lawsuit may hold dire implications regarding lawsuits between employers and employees. A major ruling in a return-to-work policy lawsuit may hold dire ...