employment
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For men, it was 86.5%, around where it was in 2019—a time when employment for these men was rising toward levels last seen before the 2008-09 financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
But I want you to remember that your time is your own, despite your employment contract.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
The narrowing of the employment gap between men and women has been a decadeslong process, said Harvard economist Lawrence Katz, the consequence of a long deterioration in men’s participation in the labor market.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
We have to look at this trend in rising female employment through the lens of that time and experience.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
I applied for a job at school and was told there were none available but was also given the address of the New York State employment service.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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