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As open enrollment approaches, new MetLife survey shows millennials are gearing up for major milestones after 44 percent say the pandemic delayed their life plans. September 28, 2021 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time — After more than a year of tabling major life plans amid the pandemic, millennials are now preparing for a new wave […]
A new EPI report finds that a $15 federal minimum wage by 2025 would raise pay for one-half of direct care workers who provide long-term services and support (LTSS), or 1.9 million workers. The vast majority (90.7%) of LTSS direct care workers who would get a raise are women, and half (50.0%) are Black, Hispanic, […]
Continue reading …September 16, 2021 — Week ended Sept. 11 jobless claims rose 20,000 to a total of 332,000, following a pandemic low in the prior week, a sign that rising Covid-19 infections are harming economy, the US Department of Labor reports. Applications for unemployment benefits had been steadily decreasing as a number of states cut jobless […]
Continue reading …By Kevin Vazquez | Sep 15, 2021 | — Last week, on Labor Day, an estimated 8.9 million workers and their families lost federal unemployment benefits, and nearly three million more had their weekly checks reduced by $300 per week. The Biden administration, despite the entreaties of many workers, activists, labor unions, and other organizations, […]
Continue reading …This report from Stateline, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts, detailed show in-person workers, those who cannot telecommute, are reluctant to return to work as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. By Tim Henderson, Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts — Donald Trinks is seeing both sides of the labor problem in his restaurant: […]
Continue reading …Sept. 9, 2021 — A 2.7 percent consumer spending decline is yet another ominous sign the COVID-19-ravaged US economy is in trouble. The report comes just as millions have lost extended federal unemployment benefits, joining millions more in Republican-led states that cut off enhanced unemployment benefits early. The consumer spending decline comes after last week’s […]
Continue reading …As we mark the second Labor Day under the pandemic, Americans at the top of the income ladder are seeing their fortunes balloon as working families continue to struggle. Frontline workers are reeling from rising infection risks and tensions over mask and vaccine mandates. The unemployed, who are disproportionately workers of color, are facing the […]
Continue reading …Data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) highlight the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the results of efforts to mitigate its spread in 2020. With the challenges of the pandemic, many of the JOLTS data elements experienced shocks early in the year before returning to previous trends. Data […]
Continue reading …Japan’s job availability figures continued to improve in August to their highest level in more than 23 years, the government announced today, reflecting companies’ willingness to hire more employees, reports Japan Times. The ratio of job offers to seekers climbed from 1.21 in July to 1.23 in August, the highest since January 1992, when it […]
Continue reading …Australia, Italy, and Germany Lead a Month of Robust Recovery Following the devastation of the Great Recession, job markets around the world are finally showing signs of life. Job markets improving in a number of advanced economies, according to a new report, according to unemployment rates and employment growth data compiled and standardized by The […]
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