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Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts About Unemployment, Jobs, Pay
11/04/2013 Comments Off on Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts About Unemployment, Jobs, Pay
Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts And Figures On Unemployment, Jobs, Pay The number of unemployed workers worldwide rose by 4.2 million in 2012 to more than 197 million, a 5.9% unemployment rate. Some 39 million workers worldwide have dropped out of the employment market. The number of people seeking employment is expected to rise to […]
Continue reading …Global Trade Has Lowered Wages US Workers Without College Degrees
11/04/2013 Comments Off on Global Trade Has Lowered Wages US Workers Without College Degrees
Global trade has lowered wages for non-college educated American workers while increasing the wage premium earned by college-educated workers, according to new research from the Economic Policy Institute While the impact of global trade on the American economy is a frequent topic in Washington, much of the debate centers on the macroeconomic effects of the trade deficit on […]
Continue reading …ILO Meeting: Employment Crisis Tests Europe’s Social Model
09/04/2013 Comments Off on ILO Meeting: Employment Crisis Tests Europe’s Social Model
ILO News, OSLO – The 9th European Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization (ILO) opened in Oslo with an urgent call for effective employment and social policies that can achieve growth and competitiveness with good jobs. “The crisis in Europe is dramatic. A financial crisis has turned into a jobs crisis,” said. “In some countries there […]
Continue reading …Wage Gap Between Men And Women Statistically Stagnant
09/04/2013 Comments Off on Wage Gap Between Men And Women Statistically Stagnant
From the National Committee on Pay Equity: The wage gap between men an women remained statistically unchanged in the last year. Women’s earnings were 77% of men’s in 2011, compared to 77.4% in 2010, according to Census statistics released September 12, 2012, based on the median earnings of all full-time, year-round workers. Men’s earning in 2011 were $48,202 and women’s were […]
Continue reading …Unemployment Crisis In Europe, Ten Million More Jobless Than In 2008
08/04/2013 Comments Off on Unemployment Crisis In Europe, Ten Million More Jobless Than In 2008
ILO News– There are more than 10 million more jobless people in Europe now than at the start of the financial crisis, according to a snapshot of the European labor market released by the International Labour Organization (ILO). “While fiscal and competitiveness goals are important, it is crucial not to tackle them through austerity measures […]
Continue reading …The Conference Board Employment Trends Index Down Slightly in March
08/04/2013 Comments Off on The Conference Board Employment Trends Index Down Slightly in March
Employment Trends Index Still Signaling Moderate Job Growth The Conference Board Employment Trends Index declined in March. The index now stands at 111.20, down from 111.43 (an upward revision) in February. The March figure is 3.7% higher than a year ago. “Despite the decline in March, the Employment Trends index is still signaling moderate job growth […]
Continue reading …Study: Women’s Pay Is Less Than Men In Every State And Major City
08/04/2013 Comments Off on Study: Women’s Pay Is Less Than Men In Every State And Major CityA new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows the gender-based pay gap hurts women and families in every single U.S. state and all of the nation’s major metropolitan areas. Nationally, women with full-time jobs are paid 77 cents for every dollar paid to men who hold full-time jobs, according to the study conducted by […]
Continue reading …EEOC Live Twitter Chat On Equal Pay Day For Women On Tuesday, April 9
08/04/2013 Comments Off on EEOC Live Twitter Chat On Equal Pay Day For Women On Tuesday, April 9
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will participate in a “Tweet Chat” on Tuesday, April 9 from 1-2 p.m. ET to discuss the pay gap between women and men. The Equal Pay Tweetchat, using the hashtag #talkpay, is sponsored by the National Women’s Law Center, with these distinguished guests: U.S. EEOC Chair Jacqueline Jocelyn […]
Continue reading …ILO Calls For Shift To Job-Centered Crisis Response In Europe
07/04/2013 Comments Off on ILO Calls For Shift To Job-Centered Crisis Response In Europe
ILO News– The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for an urgent shift to a job-centred strategy to tackle the deepening unemployment crisis that has left more than 26 million Europeans without a job. While fiscal and competitiveness goals are important, it is crucial not to tackle them through austerity measures and structural reforms that […]
Continue reading …Labor Demand Weak, Online Help Wanted Ads Down 158,000 In March
05/04/2013 Comments Off on Labor Demand Weak, Online Help Wanted Ads Down 158,000 In March
Online Labor Demand drops 158,000 in March Labor demand down 77,000 in Q1 of 2013 Q1’13 decline follows three years of strong Q1 growth since the end of the recession March is mixed with drops in Healthcare, Sales, and Office workers outstripping increases in Management, Business, and Computer workers Download the National Historical Table. Online […]
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