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Lauren Weber

ARTICLES BY LAUREN WEBER

JPMorgan Chase has rejected the claims made in a recent workplace lawsuit.

JPMorgan and the delicate art of paying off employees

4 min read . 12 May 2026

Concerns over work stress, burnout, and the challenges of adapting to new technology contribute to a significant decline in the workforce participation of Americans over 55.

The workers opting to retire instead of taking on AI

5 min read . 07 Apr 2026

A federal building in Washington, D.C., as the shutdown began. Photo: Allison Robbert for WSJ

The shutdown is already squeezing these businesses

5 min read . 08 Oct 2025

(Illustration: Daniel Downey)

The $18 billion industry built on anonymous employee complaints

9 min read . 13 Sept 2025

Illustration: Mark Harris, Getty Images

The mental-health stigma that won’t go away: Getting paid time off to heal

5 min read . 10 Jul 2025

‘There’s a standard bell curve in statistics. It didn’t make sense that my failure rate was 100%,’ said Mobley.

Millions of résumés never make it past the bots. One man is trying to find why.

6 min read . 23 Jun 2025

Corporate America is convinced: Fewer employees means faster growth.

The biggest companies across America are cutting their workforces

8 min read . 18 Jun 2025

US employers slow/freeze hiring citing recession fears, trade war, AI, and federal cuts. (Image: Pixabay)

Corporate America is leaving more jobs unfilled

4 min read . 05 May 2025

While a shift in leverage to employers might have shown up in layoffs or wage cuts in the past, now it is more subtle, often in changes to working conditions. (Image: Pixabay)

Balance of power shifts back toward bosses

5 min read . 14 Jan 2025

Productivity in the U.S., as measured by how much the average worker gets done in an hour, has been on the rise. (Image: Pixabay)

The American worker is becoming more productive

6 min read . 03 Jan 2025

Illustrations by Emil Lendof/WSJ, iStock

The most hated way of firing someone is more popular than ever

9 min read . 29 Nov 2024

(Emil Lendof/WSJ, iStock)

Office romances aren’t new—why are they still so complicated?

3 min read . 15 Sept 2024

How employers deal with charged topics in the office continues to evolve. Image: Pixabay

It’s getting harder for companies to keep politics out of the workplace

5 min read . 05 Aug 2024

Kicksaw employees get into the groove with songwriter Rusty Tabor during a company retreat in Nashville.

What rhymes with ‘web components’? Office workers go to country music bootcamp

5 min read . 24 Jun 2024

Sam Tung, an illustrator and storyboard artist working in Hollywood, has been using a program called Nightshade to protect his work from being used to train AI tools. (Jennelle Fong for The WSJ)

How AI has already begun to change these workers’ jobs

9 min read . 09 May 2024

The Federal Trade Commission says nearly one in five American workers is affected by noncompete clauses. (Wall Street Journal)

What the FTC’s ban on noncompete clauses means for you

5 min read . 24 Apr 2024

Hologic’s revenue surged in 2020 after the firm developed two Covid tests.

How One Company Navigated a Boom and Bust With No Mass Layoffs

4 min read . 19 Mar 2024

New York Could Be the Latest State to Ban Noncompete Agreements

New York Could Be the Latest State to Ban Noncompete Agreements

4 min read . 06 Dec 2023

Brittinay Lenhart filed a discrimination charge alleging a former employer violated federal and state laws when it tried to walk back an accommodation to work remotely.

The Fight Over Return-to-Office Is Turning Into a Disability Dispute

5 min read . 02 Nov 2023

Auto CEOs Make About 300 Times What Their Median Worker Is Paid. Here’s How That Stacks Up.

Auto CEOs Make About 300 Times What Their Median Worker Is Paid. Here’s How That Stacks Up.

5 min read . 25 Sept 2023