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Wanda James is on a mission to empower entrepreneurs from communities harmed by racial disparities in marijuana arrests.

The contract will provide an average salary increase of 11 percent, similar to what other museum workers across the country have obtained during the industry’s multiyear union push.

During the pandemic, Joanna Patchett spent 18 harrowing months in the intensive care unit. She discovered that medicine isn’t just about science — it’s also about heart.

A challenging time proved to be fertile ground for experimentation that continues to pay off.

Troubles at the restaurant chain Burgerim highlight concerns about whether franchisees need more protection in their contracts with franchisers.

Precious Price ditched her profitable business of renting home stays to tourists to combat the mounting housing crisis.

The unemployment rate for Black New Yorkers rose to 12.2 percent in the first quarter of the year, while the white unemployment rate dropped to 1.3 percent, a new report says.

A business owner’s personal story can bolster trust in a brand, experts say. But what happens when they share hardships like homelessness, addiction or incarceration in company marketing?

Hamissi Mamba, a refugee from Burundi, knew little of American culture when he arrived eight years ago and learned English watching the “Peppa Pig” cartoon. But he opened his dream restaurant, and the accolades have rolled in.

The first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department advanced the idea that lifting up people on the margins helps everyone else, too.

Jessica Steinrock’s work on intimate scenes in film has come to prominence as the entertainment industry reels from the litany of sexual abuses brought to light by the #MeToo movement.

Companies that ramped up hiring in areas like technology over the past few years are cutting back as customers slow their spending.

For a biologist in San Francisco, Dec. 25 will bring not presents and mistletoe, but beak trims and fish guts.

The job in the Scottish region of Tayside was eliminated after a groundswell of anger that a man would be overseeing, or ‘mansplaining,’ menstruation policy.

Arvind Krishna is trying to stay in touch with the company’s roots as he confronts today’s challenges.

Mary Gundel loved managing a store in Tampa, Fla. But when she detailed its challenges on social media, the company — and fellow employees — took notice.

“What I ask myself all the time is, ‘What is a man?’” says Edoardo Beniamin, a trans man training to join his father’s profession as a gondolier.

Niren Chaudhary took over as C.E.O. just before the pandemic. He now has the company focused on climate change.

Jim Weber, the chief executive of Brooks Running, was a devoted distance runner. Then came cancer.

Tim Cadogan helps people raise money for disaster relief and other causes. Just don’t call it a substitute for the social safety net.

A debate about John Muir and racism thrust Ramón Cruz into a new leadership role.

Thrive Market has found success with a subscription model and eco-friendly, health-conscious brands. It’s a diet familiar to the C.E.O., Nick Green.

A harsh portrait of pay inequality at the company, premiering at Sundance on Monday, was directed by the granddaughter of one of the founders.

Karen S. Lynch, who took over during the pandemic, is dealing with insurance, opioids, vaccines, politics and more.

The Ethiopian entrepreneur Sara Menker founded Gro Intelligence, which uses artificial intelligence to forecast global agricultural trends and battle food insecurity.

Shar Dubey runs some of the world’s most popular online dating sites. A restrictive new law prompted her to speak out.

Shaun Eli Breidbart was a banker on Wall Street for 19 years but he gave up a lucrative career in favor of happiness.

Ryan Gellert is worried about the world his children will inherit and is trying to use business to combat climate change.

Jake Wood was a Marine sniper in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he works in the philanthropic sector and is “leading with love.”

C.E.O.s are eager for employees to return — and afraid of alienating those who have grown accustomed to working from home.

Signing bonuses, higher wages, even college tuition. Companies are using perks to entice new employees in an industry that has been battered by the pandemic.

Dambisa Moyo has the ear of top business leaders. But there are no simple answers to complex problems.

As offices debate the merits and logistics of reopening, a parallel sphere of workers like Peter Naughton, a Walmart cashier, seem to inhabit another world. Often their jobs just got really hard.

Rich Lesser, who has run Boston Consulting Group for eight years, is stepping down at a moment of enormous change.

A parallel universe of millions of employees did not have the luxury of thinking about returning to the office — they never left. Six workers share their experiences.

Michelle Gass, the chief executive of Kohl’s, is striking deals with Amazon and Sephora in a bid to stay relevant.

Ethan Brown, the founder and C.E.O. of Beyond Meat, on his moral and environmental priorities.

As a self-described “working-class intellectual,” he declared that direct action was more potent than collective bargaining or conventional politics.

“When you talk to workers, they don’t want to sign up for a 9-to-5 job,” said Hayden Brown, who runs Upwork, a site that matches freelancers with employers.

“Companies that get down with me know how I get down.”

A Moroccan immigrant’s goal was to make guests, including nine U.S. presidents, feel right at home amid the grandeur of a landmark Manhattan hotel.

You know you have a good job when it lets you try a jetpack. But after 21 years of thrills at The Times, it’s time for my next adventure: the classroom.

“The more taxes I pay, the happier I am,” says Mr. Joly, who is waging a campaign to get big business to be more socially responsible.

A recent Times project that examined how the tech giant manages its workers took months of reporting and hundreds of interviews.

Chris Kempczinski faces pressure to raise wages, offer healthier choices and make McDonald’s more vocal politically. Meanwhile, business is booming.

Pay scales vary by function and by union agreements, but the raise will boost wages by an average of $1.30 per hour. For some workers at the lower end of their pay scales, that could equate to a boost of 3 to 10 percent, the airline said.

After a long career at Home Depot, Carol Tomé thought she was done with office life. Then a company she knew well needed a new leader.

Beth Ford has spent much of her career working on supply chain issues, which has served her well as the leader of Land O’ Lakes.

For a business article on the price that working moms paid, a photographer couldn’t take portraits in person. But shooting them remotely led to a different connection.

Lynn Forester de Rothschild, founder of the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism, believes change will come when hedge fund billionaires and Pope Francis work together.