Internet sales are still rising briskly. Employment in the sector is not. Could our robot overlords be to blame?
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Explosion of U.S. tech jobs occurred in just five metro areas, study finds
Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle snapped up 90% of the 256,063 tech jobs created from 2005 to 2017.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Holiday campaign blitz aims to lure young professionals back home
Live and Work in Maine’s ‘Boomerang Weekend’ targets young Mainers who have left the state and may be visiting friends and family.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Face-scanning algorithm increasingly decides whether you deserve the job
The system uses candidates’ computer or cellphone cameras to analyze their facial movements, word choice and speaking voice before ranking them against other applicants.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: The illogical politics of pregnancy
Every generation of American women faces workplace discrimination if they get pregnant.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: When we see black people, why do we see what isn’t there?
The tragic shooting of a woman in Fort Worth is another example of a much bigger problem.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The Supreme Court should protect trans people from discrimination
We are not asking for much: a fair chance at a job, and a safe place to live.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Elizabeth Warren’s pregnancy discrimination story isn’t exactly hard to believe
Bias against pregnant workers was overt in the early 1970s, when Warren was a public school teacher, and is still a problem today.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Dana Milbank: Will Gorsuch abandon his judicial philosophy to get what he wants?
The Trump-appointed justice could be a problem for those seeking to preserve discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
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Labor Department issues new overtime rule, replacing more generous proposal
The rule will make overtime pay available to 1.3 million additional workers, though the proposal replaces a more generous one advanced by former President Barack Obama.