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Unemployment In Regions, States Unchanged In November
19/12/2014 Comments Off on Unemployment In Regions, States Unchanged In November
Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from October, three states had increases, and six states had no change. Forty-three states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, […]
Continue reading …Campus Recruiting – Nearly Half Of Employers Hiring
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Spring 2015 corporate college campus recruiting plans look promising. Nearly half of employers report having firm plans in place for spring 2015 recruiting, according to results of National Association C0f Colleges and Employers’ Job Outlook 2015 survey. Adding to the good news is the fact that fewer than 1% of respondents report that they will […]
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By Marjorie E. Wood – A new law in San Francisco to curb erratic retail scheduling practices could be the first of many. In late November, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights — the first law of its kind in the nation. The focus of the new law might […]
Continue reading …Your Holiday Shopping Guide To Avoiding Slave Labor
18/12/2014 Comments Off on Your Holiday Shopping Guide To Avoiding Slave Labor
By Jill Richardson – Pope Francis got into the holiday spirit this year by calling on shoppers not to buy products made by modern-day slave labor. This is, of course, excellent advice. Odds are, most of us — whether Catholic or not — would love to take it. But how? Most products don’t come with tags specifying […]
Continue reading …Real Average Hourly Earnings Up 0.6% In November
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Real average hourly earnings rose 0.6% in November, seasonally adjusted, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average hourly earnings increased 0.4% and the CPI-U decreased 0.3%. Real average weekly earnings increased 0.9% during the month. Source: Real Earnings [subscribe2]
Continue reading …Big Safety Net And Strong Job Market Co-Exist In Scandinavia
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By NEIL IRWIN Scandinavia – Sweden, Denmark and Norway may have a lesson for the United States. Their welfare benefits make it easier for people to work. Source: The New York Times – The New American Job Newsfeed [subscribe2]
Continue reading …Ambulatory Health Care Services And Jobs Boom
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The U.S. ambulatory health care services business is booming and so are the number of jobs in this aspect of health care, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Total employment in ambulatory health care services grew 15.1% during five years, from 5.7 million in 2007 to 6.6 million in 2012. During those five years the […]
Continue reading …Global Wages Stagnate Lagging Pre-Financial Crisis Rates
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GENEVA (ILO News) – Global wage growth slowed in 2013 to 2%, compared with 2.2% in 2012, according to the ILO’s Global Wage Report 2014/15. Wage growth has yet to catch up to pre-financial crisis rates of about 3%, the report found. Even this modest growth in global wages was driven almost entirely by emerging G20 economies, where […]
Continue reading …Despite GOP Government Shutdown EEOC Makes Progress In 2014
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Despite the lingering effects of the Republican-led government shutdown, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) made progress toward accomplishing its goals and fulfilling its mission during fiscal year 2014, which ended Sept. 30, fighting to overcome extraordinary fiscal constraints and operational challenges. “Despite these hurdles, the employees of the EEOC remain committed to meeting […]
Continue reading …Europe’s Immigrants Struggling To Rise From Low-Skill Jobs
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Against a backdrop of aging populations and persistently low economic growth, few European governments are doing enough to help recent immigrants move from low-skilled precarious jobs and into decent work, says a new report by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and International Labour Organization (ILO).The report, Aiming Higher: Policies to Get Immigrants into Middle-Skilled Work […]
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