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An older worker is bypassed for someone younger and cheaper. A 55-year-old applies for 100 jobs, but is told that she's "overqualified." There have been countless stories like this since the recession. But what about the companies that truly value older workers? The annual ranking released Monday from the AARP...

Employees are dressing more casually for work these days, and it can be uncomfortable for supervisors to publicly criticize it -- particularly when those workers are women, and the supervisor is a man. That's been the case for one Tennessee judge, who sparked a controversy by writing a memo urging female...

Workers in every profession make mistakes in social media -- and get fired for them. But teachers' social media fails seem to be its own meme, as every day there seems to be another teacher making an epic gaffe on Facebook and Twitter. As educators, they are supposed to impart wisdom to their students. But when...

Since Sheryl Sandberg's book came out in March, there's been a lot of discussion on leaning in, and various attitudes and barriers that might be holding women back. Why aren't more women in leadership roles? A recent Citi/LinkedIn poll of professional women looked at this issue specifically. Only 38 percent of...

Solidarity among co-workers is usually a good thing. But when loyalty crosses a line into a cover-up, it can get everyone in a heap of trouble. Case in point: Employees at the Clark County family court in Las Vegas -- from the judge to court security officers -- are accused of looking the other way when security...

"There's still pressure at work to be the 1950s working dad, and pressure at home to be the father of 2013," explains Jennifer Berdahl, associate professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Call it the new "masculine mystique." Just in time for Father's Day, Berdahl completed a study...

By Dhanya Skariachan and Jessica Wohl Walmart Stores Inc. has in recent months been only hiring temporary workers at many of its U.S. stores, the first time the world's largest retailer has done so outside of the holiday shopping season. A Reuters survey of 52 stores run by the largest U.S. private employer in...

There's a lot of handwringing over the plight of working mothers. But in many respects, mom's lot has improved over the past few decades: She has a better job, spends more time with her kids and isn't much more conflicted than she was 35 years ago. The person who's really stressed out? It's dad. Studies now...

WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, nearing its lowest level in five years in a sign of resilience for the U.S. labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits declined 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 334,000, the Labor Department said...

By Lucas Reilly Mental Floss Prisoners make millions of license plates each year. But what else do they make for us?

When NSA contractor Edward Snowden reportedly blew the whistle on two enormous government surveillance programs, he did it old-school, leaking documents to two esteemed reporters. But a recent report finds that more whistle-blowers are publishing the secrets themselves -- online (like the infamous hackers of...

Convicts throughout the world have a famously tough time finding work after leaving prison. Employers tend to discriminate against ex-cons, and the criminal justice system rarely prepares prisoners adequately for re-entry into the workplace. But the Italian government is leading the way, at least in this...

Every villain needs a hero, and in the press, Walmart and Costco have been portrayed as the dark lord and white knight of low-budget retail. In recent months, Walmart has been criticized for allegedly underpaying and mistreating its employees, while Costco has been lauded as a kind of corporate Dumbledore,...

It's one of the big questions concerning Edward Snowden, the self-confessed leaker and National Security Agency whistle-blower: What next? While legal experts debate whether he will be extradited from Hong Kong, where he's hiding out, and how much jail time he could face, AOL Jobs decided to glean some insight...

By Tami Luhby Watch out, women workers in Wyoming. You're probably earning a lot less than the men in your state. Despite having the nickname "The Equality State," Wyoming has the largest income gap by gender in the nation. Women there earned only 67 cents for every $1 a man earned in 2011, far below the...

In recent years, customers have recorded abusive employees, employees have recorded abusive customers, and abusive employees have recorded themselves. But has an abusive customer ever recorded him or herself on video, then giddily posted it to Facebook in an episode of baffling self-delusion? A young Florida...

By Madeline Will NEW YORK -- More employers in the United States plan to hire workers next quarter than in any period since the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a survey by Manpower Group, the global employment services giant. Manpower's quarterly survey released Tuesday found most employers around the...

Getting fired for posts on Facebook or Twitter has become so common that it almost seems old hat. But human ingenuity -- or foolishness -- and evolving social media technologies guarantee that people will find new ways to post their way out of a job. Look at what some are doing on Instagram. A quick Web search...

Wages have been stagnant for most jobs over the past decade. So if you're hoping to increase your salary significantly, your best option is to try to make the leap into management. Indeed, the average manager's salary is $108,570 -- or more than double the average salary of U.S. workers, according to the Bureau...