A coalition of labor unions is pushing Clark County to introduce an ordinance requiring businesses to rehire furloughed or laid-off employees based on seniority — regardless of whether those workers are represented by a union.

Tim Baer has no idea when he’ll return to work ― or whether he can keep his family safe and healthy when he does.

Raven Sterrett, a 27-year-old dental hygienist in Portland, Oregon, hasn’t gone to work in months. Governor Kate Brown suspended non-urgent medical procedures in mid-March, part of an effort to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. But Brown reversed that order on May 1, and now Sterrett’s boss asked her to return to work on May 11.

Public union contracts covering more than 18,000 hospital workers, police officers and other government employees have fallen victim to Nevada’s coronavirus outbreak.

Public union contracts covering more than 18,000 hospital workers, police officers and other government employees have fallen victim to Nevada’s coronavirus outbreak.

If you want to know why the latest tally of jobless claims announced Thursday is at least suspect — and probably a complete distortion of reality — consider the case of Todd Sayland.

Rogelio Garcia, a Reno-based real estate agent, is used to uncertainty. In normal times, business might boom one month, only to slow the next.

Hundreds of thousands of Nevadans could lose their jobs due to the business stoppage caused by the new coronavirus.