Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. Labor costs today make up approximately two-thirds of U.S.

Santosh Mehrotra, Visiting Professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, says India’s jobs challenge will not be ...

Construction is a labor-intensive business. Despite tremendous advances in design, coordination, and management technologies, the physical installation of work in the field remains reliant on people.

Indonesia's current account deficit pressures the middle class, forcing them to use their savings. The rupiah's volatility has increased import costs, reducing household expenditure. Additionally, ...

Developers and contractors receiving public subsidies on major Los Angeles projects would be required to hire union hall workers under a proposal that could raise costs and shut out small non-union ...

As many states deemed construction personnel essential, business leaders and HR managers had to adapt to changing business conditions over the past year rapidly. This included creating and ...

Aerial drones are rapidly assuming a key role in the physical automation of business operations, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Aerial drones power airborne physical automation by ...

The Ministry of Industry continues to increase productivity and competitiveness of labor-intensive industries through the ...

The authors found an association between Medicare’s wage index adjustment and the differential use of labor-intensive surgical procedures and medical device–intensive minimally invasive clinical ...