Employee Benefits

At the state level, governments vary considerably in how they commemorate Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S.

56% of Americans say the decline in the percentage of workers represented by unions has been “somewhat” or “very” bad for the country.

Some 16% of Americans have ever earned money from an online gig platform. While most gig platform workers say they have had a positive experience with these jobs, some report facing on-the-job troubles like being treated rudely or sexually harassed.

Columbus Day seems to be fading as a widely observed holiday, having come under fire in recent decades from Native American advocates and others.

24% of civilian workers in the United States, or roughly 33.6 million people, do not have access to paid sick leave.

Despite parents' shifting responsibilities, the U.S. is the only one of 41 nations that does not mandate any paid leave for new parents.

The most frequently cited reason for not taking family or medical leave when one needs or wants to is concern over loss of wages or salary.

Roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults say workers should receive paid leave when they need to take time off to care for a sick family member.

By comparison, just 3% say women shouldn’t be able to take any type of maternity leave.

Americans generally support paid family and medical leave, according to a new Pew Research Center survey, but relatively few workers have access to it. Access to paid leave varies considerably by industry, type of employer and employer's size.