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How Employers Can Lawfully Attract Millennial Job Applicants

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How Employers Can Lawfully Attract Millennial Job Applicants

Employers want to attract Millennials, who will make up half the U.S. workforce by 2020, without violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

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How to Create a Robust Reasonable Accommodation Process

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One in five U.S. adults has a disability, so employers should likely make disability accommodation a higher priority.

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Dollar shines, Asia shares slip after Fed signals December rate hike

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TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar shone while Asian shares slipped slightly on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a plan to start shrinking its balance sheet and signaled one more rate hike later this year.

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Apple concedes new watch has connectivity glitch

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(Reuters) – Apple Inc on Wednesday conceded its latest smartwatch unveiled a week ago has problems with its most important feature: the ability to make phone calls and access data without an iPhone nearby.

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Global: How the gig economy creates job insecurity

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LabourStart headline – Source: BBC

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A Start-Up Slump Is a Drag on the Economy. Big Business May Be to Blame.

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The formation of new companies has failed to bounce back since the recession, and economists say the trend may be holding back wages and productivity.

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Fed keeps U.S. rates steady, to start portfolio drawdown in October

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but signaled it still expects one more increase by the end of the year despite a recent bout of low inflation.

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Albertsons buys meal-kit delivery provider Plated

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(Reuters) – Albertsons Cos Inc , one of America’s biggest supermarket chains, said on Wednesday it would buy meal-kit delivery service Plated, as it looks to attract more customers to its stores amid increased competition.

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HIV / AIDS Guidelines of the Retail Sector Launched

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HIV / AIDS Guidelines  of the Retail Sector Launched

Health is key to economic development, hence the need for the retail sector to embrace the national HIV/AIDS guidelines.

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Labour market institutions and youth labour markets: Minimum wages and youth employment revisited

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EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 223

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