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.

The labor market will be tight through the end of the decade, making employee recruiting and retention difficult. Boosting the output of employees is the best strategy for coping with the difficult ...

Labor productivity—output per hour worked—drives long-run economic growth. Business leaders looking beyond the next two years will find that their companies’ fortunes are tied to the economy’s growth ...

After three ‘lost decades’ of economic performance, wages in Japan showed signs of positive growth in 2024. To deliver sustained increases to real wages, Japan must improve labour productivity growth.

A study by Duke University shows how rising global temperatures will affect labour productivity, estimating global economic losses of up to $1.6-trillion dollars annually in a 2°C warmer world. Dr ...