Andrea Hsu
Andrea Hsu is NPR's labor and workplace correspondent.
Hsu first joined NPR in 2002 and spent nearly two decades as a producer for All Things Considered. Through interviews and in-depth series, she's covered topics ranging from America's opioid epidemic to emerging research at the intersection of music and the brain. She led the award-winning NPR team that happened to be in Sichuan Province, China, when a massive earthquake struck in 2008. In the coronavirus pandemic, she reported a series of stories on the pandemic's uneven toll on women, capturing the angst that women and especially mothers were experiencing across the country, alone. Hsu came to NPR via National Geographic, the BBC, and the long-shuttered Jumping Cow Coffee House.
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President Trump signed an executive order reclassifying 8,000 high-ranking civil servants into at-will employees who can be fired without due process.
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Research from the New York Fed finds that younger college graduates have been sidelined by remote work in recent years, as companies may be reluctant to hire those needing more training and mentoring. -
The EEOC is seeking to overturn rules created decades ago to tackle discrimination in employment. The Trump administration says those rules have led to more discrimination —against white people. -
The Trump administration has proposed creating a new government-wide nondisclosure agreement for new and existing federal employees. -
The Trump administration is challenging DEI policies at firms that seek diverse candidates through the hiring process. Could the NFL be next?
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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who was under internal investigation, is leaving her position. She becomes the third cabinet departure of President Trump's second term. -
Over the past year, the vast majority of new jobs have gone to women. One economist says to help men find work, we need to embrace ways to "make girly jobs appeal to manly men." -
The annual observance marks how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, it's March 26, a day later than it was in 2025. -
President Trump has embraced apprenticeships as a solution for workforce needs. But many doubt the money invested so far will be enough to reach Trump's goal of 1 million apprenticeships.
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The Trump administration has a goal of reaching 1 million registered apprenticeships. It's put Arkansas in charge of leading the way.
