Last year, Alaska’s sockeye salmon industry suffered from a worker shortage. This year, salmon are plentiful and selling at robust prices.

A new study says vaccination rates are a bigger incentive to look for work than the loss of the weekly payments.

To promote equity and retain workers as the economy reopens, some restaurants are opting to forgo traditional gratuity models.

There are many theories, including unemployment benefits being too high, a skills mismatch and low wages.