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Enhanced Pandemic Federal Unemployment Insurance Didn’t Hurt the Economy. Inequality Does.
19/09/2021 Comments Off on Enhanced Pandemic Federal Unemployment Insurance Didn’t Hurt the Economy. Inequality Does.
By Rebekah Entralgo | September 15, 2021 — An estimated 9 million Americans got the rug pulled out from under them over Labor Day weekend as enhanced pandemic federal unemployment benefits expired, leaving millions of families in the lurch during a record-breaking season for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Some 35 million people — nearly 1 […]
Continue reading …Travel experts on changes to international travel rules in England
18/09/2021 Comments Off on Travel experts on changes to international travel rules in England
A surge in holiday bookings is expected after simplified travel rules were announced in England on Friday.Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of the Advantage Travel Partnership, and The Independent’s travel editor, Simon Calder, explain how the changes will affect travellers.
Continue reading …Canada election: Why it takes 30 years to buy a house in Canada
17/09/2021 Comments Off on Canada election: Why it takes 30 years to buy a house in Canada
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Travel rules: Government scraps amber list and PCR tests for vaccinated
17/09/2021 Comments Off on Travel rules: Government scraps amber list and PCR tests for vaccinatedThe government has outlined plans for a new travel system, which it says will be “easier, simpler and cheaper”.For people who are fully vaccinated, pre-departure tests will be dropped and PCR tests on return will be replaced by lateral flow tests.Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the system will come into force in October and remain in place until it is reviewed in the new year.
Continue reading …Week ended Sept. 11 jobless claims rise as Covid wave hits
16/09/2021 Comments Off on Week ended Sept. 11 jobless claims rise as Covid wave hits
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 …Stimulus Payments Lifted 11.7 Million People Out of Poverty During the Pandemic in 2020
14/09/2021 Comments Off on Stimulus Payments Lifted 11.7 Million People Out of Poverty During the Pandemic in 2020
The more than $400 billion in two rounds of stimulus payments the government distributed during the pandemic helped lift 11.7 million people out of poverty in 2020, according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) released today. The U.S. Census Bureau publishes SPM, an alternative to the official poverty measure that incorporates the value of noncash […]
Continue reading …Tesco launches new refillable shopping with 88 products
14/09/2021 Comments Off on Tesco launches new refillable shopping with 88 productsTesco supermarket has launched a new zero-waste shopping service where, unlike other competitor schemes, customers will not have to provide their own containers.The service will be available at 10 stores in eastern England, offering a range of popular products including some of Tesco’s own-brand items.We went along to see how it works.Filmed and edited by Samantha Everett
Continue reading …In-Person Workers Slow to Return to Jobs, Data Shows
11/09/2021 Comments Off on In-Person Workers Slow to Return to Jobs, Data Shows
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 …U.S. Economy Snapshot September 2021
11/09/2021 Comments Off on U.S. Economy Snapshot September 2021
U.S. Economy Snapshot September 2021 U.S. Economy Snapshot is a monthly presentation of the New York Federal Reserve Bank branch designed to give you a quick and accessible look at developments in the economy. Overview of the September 2021 Snapshot Data over the month showed slower employment growth and some easing of inflation pressures. Output […]
Continue reading …Biden mandates federal workforce vaccination, announces new emergency rule for employers
10/09/2021 Comments Off on Biden mandates federal workforce vaccination, announces new emergency rule for employersBy Pamela Wolf, J.D. — On September 9, President Joe Biden mandated federal workforce vaccination and announced new emergency rules for employers. Biden addressed the continuing spread of COVID-19 — fueled by the Delta variant — and his plan to further protect Americans against infection and the economy from further damage resulting from the pandemic. That […]
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