Education & Workforce

Why are fewer students taking advantage of TOPS scholarships? 

State officials are trying to figure out how to remedy a decline in TOPS scholarship participation throughout the state.

Why more small businesses are offering 401(k) plans to employees 

A relatively strong job market, new tax breaks and state mandates have led more small businesses to offer employees a 401(k) plan, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

‘LaPolitics’: More notes from the regular session

"This is the last session of the term," Senate President Page Cortez said Monday, on opening day, before adding, "We hope.”

LSU partnering with Secret Service to address growing cyber challenges

LSU has signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Secret Service to better develop technology and talent in cybersecurity for state and national security. 

How tight is the labor market? Raising Cane’s helping managers buy homes

Raising Cane’s is offering a new benefit in response to the tight U.S. labor market: The company is paying closing costs of up to $10,000 for general managers buying their first homes, Bloomberg reports. 

Most effective traits of great leaders are lost in top-down hierarchies

Conflict happens in the workplace, but one of the things that can help is...
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Workers who skirt required in-office days might start to see it reflected in their pay 

Office attendance is beginning to enter the pay equation, with international law firm Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP along with JPMorgan Chase among the first prominent companies to implement policies.

Inflation still leads the list of concerns for small business owners 

Small business optimism decreased slightly in March and marked the 15th consecutive month below...

How Pennington’s Metamor Institute is changing the model for treating obesity

In early March, a new report by the World Obesity Federation said that within 12 years, 51% of the world’s population will be overweight or obese, with rates rising faster than average among children and low-income communities

Southern tennis player among female athletes featured in NIL campaign

Lately, women’s sports have been getting more attention. The LSU women’s basketball team’s victory...