jobs and workplace

County Commissioner, District 5 candidate: Frank Robert, Republican

The salary marks a pay cut from what he earned at LSU.

Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer doesn't mince words. Workplace stress — the result of conditions like long hours, a lack of health insurance, little autonomy on the job, high job demands — don't just hit productivity or damage morale. They're killing us.

A Baltimore jury convicted a city police lieutenant who prosecutors said was at home on the Eastern Shore when he was taking pay for overseeing the downtown casino district.

The Baltimore Teachers Union has voted to ratify new salary scales, endorsing a 2.5 percent pay raise for city teachers over the next two years.

Maryland unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2 percent after losses were logged in hospitality and professional service sectors.

Some nurses at the Johns Hopkins Hospital are attempting to form a union, saying that they are overworked, union officials said Monday.

The Baltimore Sun's database on salaries of Maryland public employees shows that University of Maryland mens basketball coach Mark Turgeon is highest paid.

The eight-week Sisters in the Brotherhood Pre-Apprenticeship Program prepares women for careers in carpentry, drawing them to a male-dominated industry.

Maryland added nearly 13,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Monday.

The 30-year-old right-hander has agreed to terms on a contract that would give him the opportunity to re-establish his worth as a rotation stalwart.

Right-hander Chris Tillman should make his decision on his 2018 club within the next 48-72 hours.

The mainstream media has ignored the biggest story of the last year — the monumental success of President Trump's first year for American workers and families.

The left-hander receives a minor league deal that will net him $2.5 million if he makes the major league club and includes incentives that could bring his salary to $5.7 million, according to USA Today.

The Harford school board approved a $466.2 million fiscal 2018 budget request Monday, adding $100,000 to support the office of Equity and Cultural Proficiency in the wake of a racist incident at Bel Air High School.

Stanley Black & Decker plans to add 400 jobs in Baltimore County as the tool company opens an $8.5 million facility in Middle River.

Amid years of declining enrollment, university president Kurt Schmoke was faced this year with closing a more than $4 million budget gap.

Trump takes credit for rise in African American voter support and decline in unemployment - neither is deserved.

The first year of Making America Great Again is over. So how did President Donald Trump do compared to President Barack Obama?

Maryland lost an estimated 20,200 jobs in December as the state’s unemployment rate ticked up to 4 percent.

President Trump and Congressional Republicans got a pretty big win earlier this week when Apple announced it would be investing $350 billion into the economy in the coming years, creating a new campus to house technical support for customers and adding 20,000 new jobs. But what about wages?

A Sam’s Club store in Owings Mills closed abruptly on Thursday resulting in 169 lost jobs.

Baltimore Gas & Electric plans to pass on about $82 million in tax savings to customers as a result of federal tax reform that lowered the corporate tax rate.

A new law that makes access to birth control easier for Marylanders may put health spending accounts in jeopardy over its coverage of male sterilization.

The Harford school board does not hear from the public during its first work session on the FY2019 budget, but it gets educated in how the majority of its budget goes to employee pay and benefits, plus how much health care costs have increased in the past decade.

As Republicans move forward with plan to eliminate the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate as part of their tax plan, the Internal Revenue Service is quietly cashing in another provision that requires certain businesses to provide health insurance.

Maryland added an estimated 5,400 jobs in November as the state economy gained steam going into the holidays. The state’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.9 percent, below the national rate of 4.1 percent.

Americans should celebrate the tax reform promised by President Donald Trump and Republicans — one that has the potential to rival tax reform under conservative President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, and one which has the potential to unleash the American economy in ways unseen in years.

The Chronicle of Higher Education listed Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels' $1.3 million salary among the top 30 among private institution presidents.

As a female CEO, I have a responsibility to speak out, and I am compelled to do so now. The pervasive workplace culture of sexual harassment, intimidation and the undervaluing of women must be addressed both swiftly and firmly.

The University of Baltimore has cut nearly 400 employees’ salaries to help mitigate the impact of “significant fiscal challenges” facing the school amid persistently declining enrollment.

Harford County Board of Education approved more than $81.6 million in contracts that will start consturction of the new Havre de Grace High School/Middle School complex.

Welcome to The Baltimore Sun's seventh annual Top Workplaces.

Joseph Makar, managing partner of Whitman, Requardt and Associates, is this year’s winner of The Baltimore Sun's Top Workplaces leadership award among large companies.

Employers would do well to consider the sustainability of their workforce if they want to get ahead in the global economy.

For the seventh year, The Baltimore Sun Media Group partnered with Energage, formerly WorkplaceDynamics, a Philadelphia-based employee research and consulting firm, to determine the Baltimore metro area’s Top Workplaces through employee surveys.

Maryland lost 5,500 jobs in October but unemployment remains unchanged at 3.8 percent.

A comprehensive early-childhood agenda should be front and center in the 2018 Maryland gubernatorial campaign, and it needs to address access, cost, and worker pay and training.

Under Armour’s stock nosedived Tuesday after the company announced a narrow profit for the third quarter and cuts its projections for the rest of the year.

It would appear that Chris Tillman's return is more likely than that of Wade Miley.

A libertarian supporting a “self-described democratic socialist” ideas for healthcare tells you how broken our medical health insurance system is for the average American.

Maryland adds 2,400 jobs in September as unemployment falls

The nature of work is changing rapidly and an increasing number of American job seekers are simply not qualified for today’s jobs.

Zinburger is opening its first Maryland location.

Carroll Community College’s technology majors had the opportunity to meet with prospective employers at the school’s IT/Cybersecurity Career Fair on Thursday in the school’s Babylon Great Hall.

Everyone says the Graham-Cassidy health care bill is "extreme." What about Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All?

WASHINGTON — For years Democrats have (rightfully) hammered Republicans for spouting empty slogans and magic math.

Maryland added more than 14,000 jobs in August, the second highest gain in seven years, as the unemployment rate dipped slightly to 3.9 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.

Zirpoli: Give credit where credit is due

Under Armour launching new #WEWILL campaign aimed at city