
Cambridge Unveils Memorial Bench for Xavier Bautista
A bench in Sennot Park honors a city public works employee killed in a July 4 shooting.
For job seekers and workers in Cambridge, this page covers hiring, layoffs, wage changes and shifts in the local job market. Across Cambridge, coverage takes in employer announcements, employment trends and the conditions that shape what workers earn and how easily they can find work.

A bench in Sennot Park honors a city public works employee killed in a July 4 shooting.
A federal judge granted Harvard University summary judgment in the civil case brought by former professor Francesca Gino.
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The energy company plans to increase its internship and permanent staff intake from MIT next year.

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The Cambridge-based company cut seven percent of its global staff as part of a strategic corporate reorganization.

Coverage takes in mass hiring announcements, layoffs and their effect on the workforce, minimum wage changes, and the monthly employment data that shows where the local market is heading. Reporting reaches across the city and the communities around it wherever a jobs story crosses the line. Layoff announcements and hiring drives tend to arrive in clusters, so one employer's move often signals a wider trend. Shifts in worker bargaining power, from tight labor markets to rising wages, change the terms of nearly every job story.