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The "quiet quitting" trend is sweeping the American workforce as employees' mindsets change from putting in extra hours at work to wanting a better work-life balance. And this concept seems to be quite popular in Minnesota. 

The Minneapolis Emergency Call Center is understaffed and urgently hiring, and now offering a signing bonus with hopes of filling more than two dozen open positions.

Minnesota's 1.8% unemployment rate in June was the lowest ever recorded by a state over a half-century of recordkeeping.

"This is an economy that is really a worker-friendly economy in terms of opportunity… Boy is it a good time to be a job-seeker right now," said DEED commissioner Steve Grove

Amid a national and local shortage of employees, the United States Postal Service (USPS) will hold a hiring event in St. Paul - looking for carriers and handlers of all kinds.

During the summer, it's typical to see a teen or college student working a summer job as a lifeguard, sitting in a tall chair at your pool or beach. However, as the YMCA struggles to find workers, retired seniors are showing up to fill shifts.

Minnesota's unemployment rate fell to its second straight monthly record low in May even as signs of an economic slowdown appeared on the horizon.

A chance encounter has left both a homeless man and a construction company owner better off since they met.

Three Rivers Parks will hire around 700 seasonal workers this summer but say, partly because so many others are hiring, they’re struggling to find the workers they need. 

The survey also found that 42% of entry-level positions will be fully in person, 40% will be hybrid, and 18% will be fully remote.

Minnesota lawmakers say they have settled one of the biggest questions of the legislative session.Legislative leaders' deal includes $2.7 billion to refill the state's unemployment insurance fund, $500 million in bonus payments to reward workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, and $190 million for the Walz administration's response to the pandemic.

A Saturday deadline looms at the Minnesota Legislature as both parties try to come to an agreement that avert a tax hike on businesses.

Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate matched an all-time best 2.5 percent in March, as the strong labor market continues to contrast with high inflation.