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State Rules 2 Former Uber Drivers Eligible for Jobless Payments
13/10/2016 Comments Off on State Rules 2 Former Uber Drivers Eligible for Jobless Payments
By NOAM SCHEIBER The Uber drivers decision could raise costs and challenge the business model of Uber, Lyft and other companies in what is known as the gig economy. Source: The New York Times – The New American Job Newsfeed
Continue reading …August Job Openings Shrink To 5.4 million; Hires Separations Unchanged
13/10/2016 Comments Off on August Job Openings Shrink To 5.4 million; Hires Separations Unchanged
Job openings decreased to 5.4 million on the last business day of August. Hires and separations were little changed at 5.2 million and 5.0 million, respectively. The quits rate was 2.1 percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was 1.1 percent. Source: Job Openings And Labor Turnover Survey By Bureau of Labor Statistics Publications
Continue reading …International Labour Organization At Work
25/09/2016 Comments Off on International Labour Organization At Work
This video introduces the work of the International Labour Organization. The ILO is the only tripartite United Nations agency. It brings together government, employer and worker representatives from 187 Member States to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes to promote decent work for all women and men. Source: International Labour Organisation Newsfeed
Continue reading …Hiring Activity In India Increases During August
24/09/2016 Comments Off on Hiring Activity In India Increases During August
By Danny Romero — Hiring activity in India increased by 10.2% in August compared to the previous year, according to the latest Naukri Job Speak Index, compiled by Naukri.com. Naukri said the rise in hiring activity was driven by growth in sectors like IT services, BPO (business process outsourcing) and BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance). “As […]
Continue reading …G.M. And Union Avoid Strike By 3,900 Canadian Workers
20/09/2016 Comments Off on G.M. And Union Avoid Strike By 3,900 Canadian Workers
G.M. And Union Avoid Strike By 3,900 Canadian Workers By IAN AUSTEN The action focused on two car production lines in Ontario, but it was a battleground for an entire country struggling to revive its manufacturing base. Source: The New York Times – The New American Job Newsfeed
Continue reading …World – Randstad: Male Job Candidates Favoured Over Women
20/09/2016 Comments Off on World – Randstad: Male Job Candidates Favoured Over Women
By Danny Romero – According to the latest Global Randstad Workmonitor survey for the Q3 2016, a gender bias still exists in the workplace as 70% of respondents indicate that men are favored over women when two candidates equally qualify for the same job at their workplace. However, the Workmonitor also shows that 81% of respondents agree […]
Continue reading …August Unemployment Rises In 6 States Falls In 3, Payrolls Unchanged
20/09/2016 Comments Off on August Unemployment Rises In 6 States Falls In 3, Payrolls Unchanged
By Bureau of Labor Statistics Publications In August, unemployment rates were significantly higher in 6 states, lower in 3 states, and stable in 41 states and the District of Columbia. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 4 states and the District, decreased in 3 states, and was essentially unchanged in 43 states. Source: Regional And State […]
Continue reading …Australia’s Unemployment Rate At Three Year Low
15/09/2016 Comments Off on Australia’s Unemployment Rate At Three Year Low
By Danny Romero — The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Australia decreased by 0.1% to 5.6% in August compared to the previous month, its lowest rate in three years according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data showed that the number of unemployed decreased by 3,900 in August 2016 compared to July 2016. Meanwhile the […]
Continue reading …Farmworkers Overtime Pay Expanded, Historic California Legislation
12/09/2016 Comments Off on Farmworkers Overtime Pay Expanded, Historic California Legislation
From the Los Angeles Times — With little fanfare, California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed historic legislation that would expand overtime pay for California farmworkers. Assembly Bill 1066, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena S. Gonzalez (D-San Diego), calls for a phase-in of new overtime rules over four years beginning in 2019. It would lower the […]
Continue reading …Egypt: Why Sisi Hates Egypt’s Unions
11/09/2016 Comments Off on Egypt: Why Sisi Hates Egypt’s Unions
Egypt is cracking down on labor to quash the force behind the Tahrir Square revolution. By Ari Paul — One night during the Arab Spring, after a drive down the highway that connects Alexandria and Cairo, a fellow journalist and I arrived in Zamalek, the leafy Cairo neighborhood where we were staying. We had spent the day […]
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