- Home
- News
- Features
- Topics
- Labor
- Management
- Opinions/Blogs
- Tools & Resources
Home » Archives by category » News (Page 5)
'We can move quickly': Airline CEO optimistic about mandatory vaccination policies
10/10/2021 Comments Off on 'We can move quickly': Airline CEO optimistic about mandatory vaccination policiesThe head of a discount Canadian airline is on board with new mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies in the federally regulated transportation sector.
Continue reading …US wages are going up, and those who don’t adapt to the new reality will fail | Gene Marks
10/10/2021 Comments Off on US wages are going up, and those who don’t adapt to the new reality will fail | Gene MarksUS small businessUS wages are going up, and those who don’t adapt to the new reality will failLabor is in short supply, so it’s more expensive. It’s simple economics and hankering for pre-pandemic times won’t help Gene Marks@ …
Continue reading …What the US unemployment rate doesn’t tell you
10/10/2021 Comments Off on What the US unemployment rate doesn’t tell youUS unemployment and employment dataWhat the US unemployment rate doesn’t tell youThe true measure of unemployment depends on who you ask Rashida KamalSun 10 Oct 2021 06.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 10 Oct 2021 06.03 EDTJust how healthy is the US jobs market? On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its latest jobs report, showing that the US added a disappointing 194,000 jobs last month while announcing that the official unemployment rate fell to 4.8%, the lowest it’s been since its frightening climb to 14.7% when the Covid-19 pandemic first struck the US.The figures seem somehow disconnected and, for some, September’s headline figure is woefully misleading, as it is every month. What if the “true” unemployment rate is actually closer to 22%?Overall unemployment rateWhile most reporting (including our own) tends to focus on the BLS’s monthly headline figure – referred to as the “U-3” – the true measure of unemployment depends on who you ask. Some experts argue the official headline figure hides a far darker picture of the state of the labor market.First, it is important to unpack what this commonly cited statistic does and does not tell us.The headline unemployment rate measures the proportion of the American civilian labor force – anyone over the age of 16 – that does not have a job and is still actively looking for work. It does not include the large number of people who have given up …
Continue reading …Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen could face retaliation for revelations
09/10/2021 Comments Off on Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen could face retaliation for revelationsFacebook has recently taken a harsher tone toward whistleblower Frances Haugen, suggesting that the social network giant could be considering legal action after Haugen went public with internal research that she copied before leaving her job earlier this year.
Continue reading …‘Welcome to the party’: five past tech whistleblowers on the pitfalls of speaking out
08/10/2021 Comments Off on ‘Welcome to the party’: five past tech whistleblowers on the pitfalls of speaking outTechnology‘Welcome to the party’: five past tech whistleblowers on the pitfalls of speaking outFrances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, joined a growing list of Silicon Valley former employees to call out company policies Johana BhuiyanSat 9 Oct 2021 01.00 EDTWhen Frances Haugen revealed she was the Facebook whistleblower who supplied internal documents to Congress and the Wall Street Journal, she joined a growing list of current and former Silicon Valley employees who’ve come forward to call out military contracts, racism, sexism, contributions to climate crisis, pay disparities and more in the industry.California companies can no longer silence workers in victory for tech activistsRead moreIn the past days, the Guardian spoke with five former employees of Amazon, Google, and Pinterest who’ve spoken out about their companies’ policies. The conversations revealed Haugen’s experience has been singular in some respects. Few of them received the international praise bestowed upon her. Some of them said they have faced termination, retaliation, harassment and prolonged litigation.But Haugen is entering a community of whistleblowers that appears tighter than ever, with some working to make it easier for the employees to come forward, through legislation, solidarity funds, and resources.“Welcome to the party, Frances Haugen,” one tweeted.Chelsey GlassonChelsey Glasson left Google in August 2019, alleging pregnancy discrimination and retaliation. She filed a discrimination lawsuit against the company the following year, and her trial is scheduled for 10 January. Years of litigation against a multibillion …
Continue reading …The jobs data underscores the divide between college graduates and those without degrees.
08/10/2021 Comments Off on The jobs data underscores the divide between college graduates and those without degrees.
As the economy registered disappointing job growth in September, the divide between those with and without a college education was again stark. Employment for holders of a bachelor’s degree rose by 169,000, and the unemployment rate for that group fell to 2.5 percent from 2.8 percent in August. By contrast, among those with a […]
Continue reading …US adds 194,000 September jobs in another month of disappointing growth
08/10/2021 Comments Off on US adds 194,000 September jobs in another month of disappointing growthUS economyUS adds 194,000 September jobs in another month of disappointing growthDelta variant and tight labor market holding back hiringEconomists had expected about 500,000 new jobs Dominic Rushe@ …
Continue reading …157,000 new jobs in September gets Canadas economy back above pre-pandemic level
08/10/2021 Comments Off on 157,000 new jobs in September gets Canadas economy back above pre-pandemic levelCanada’s economy added 157,000 new jobs last month, Statistics Canada says, enough to put employment back above where it was before the pandemic started.
Continue reading …Australia Federal court rules insurers don’t have to pay $1bn in Covid claims from businesses
08/10/2021 Comments Off on Australia Federal court rules insurers don’t have to pay $1bn in Covid claims from businessesInsurance industryFederal court rules insurers don’t have to pay out more than $1bn in Covid claims from businessesJudge finds insurance firms don’t have to grant claims under clauses that relate to the government closing business premises due to a disease outbreak Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Ben ButlerFri 8 Oct 2021 05.20 EDTLast modified on Fri 8 Oct 2021 06.08 EDTInsurance companies have won a series of test cases in a federal court battle over whether they have to pay out claims, estimated to exceed $1bn, over interruptions to business as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.Federal court judge Justice Jayne Jagot ruled the insurance companies should not have to pay claims made under clauses that relate to the government closing business premises due to an outbreak of disease at or nearby the premises, damage for an outbreak at the premises itself and damage due to restriction of access to premises because of a catastrophe.Jagot said that other than in one of the test cases – a travel agency in Melbourne, where there was an outbreak of Covid – “I have concluded that these insuring clauses do not apply in the circumstances of each case.”Mice, floods and the climate crisis: why your insurance won’t cover society-wide catastrophes | Richard DennissRead moreShe said in nine cases before the court the actions of health authorities in closing down …
Continue reading …September Jobs Report Is Expected to Show an Improvement From August
08/10/2021 Comments Off on September Jobs Report Is Expected to Show an Improvement From AugustEconomic data on Friday is expected to show that job growth picked up in September but remained suppressed by the latest coronavirus wave, which led Americans to avoid restaurants and travel and made some reluctant to rejoin the work force. Economists surveyed by FactSet expect the report, released by the Labor Department, to show that […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill