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Delta Variant Dangers Focus Government And Employer Action, New Surge Threatens
25/08/2021 Comments Off on Delta Variant Dangers Focus Government And Employer Action, New Surge Threatens
As new information about the Delta variant emerges, authorities announce initiatives, incentives and mandates. This analysis by Dr. Jeff Levin-Scherz, Population Health Leader, Health and Benefits, North America, for Willis Towers Watson’s clinical response to COVID-19, provides a thorough outline to this emerging pandemic threat. Scherz is a practicing physician and is an Assistant Professor […]
Continue reading …Hiring And Retention Struggles For Employers To Continue Into 2020
25/08/2021 Comments Off on Hiring And Retention Struggles For Employers To Continue Into 2020
ARLINGTON, VA, August 25, 2021 — Hiring and retention struggles for many employers will persist into 2020, a new survey finds. That’s the conclusion of a survey of 380 employers by leading global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson. Employers are implementing initiatives including boosting salaries, increasing workplace flexibility, placing a greater focus on […]
Continue reading …Could this solar farm be a climate change solution?
24/08/2021 Comments Off on Could this solar farm be a climate change solution?
Experts say rapid innovative solutions are needed to end our dependency on fossil fuels. Could a new project in the Swiss Alps provide an answer?Switzerland is committed to being climate neutral by 2050 and there are already plans to recreate the floating solar farm across the country and abroad. Video produced by Daniel South, Jasmin Souesi and Imogen Foulkes.
Continue reading …Sales Organizations Job Roles Transformed by Technology, Covid
24/08/2021 Comments Off on Sales Organizations Job Roles Transformed by Technology, CovidScottsdale, Ariz. — Sales organizations jobs are being transformed by the coronavirus pandemic and technology, according to the 2021 WorldatWork and SalesGlobe Release Sales Compensation Programs & Practices Survey. Sales organizations are expanding the number of inside sales and hybrid roles, increasing financial controls such as performance thresholds and incentive pay gaps, the survey found. […]
Continue reading …Indeed.com Aug. job postings 36.6% above Feb. 2020 pre-pandemic baseline
22/08/2021 Comments Off on Indeed.com Aug. job postings 36.6% above Feb. 2020 pre-pandemic baseline
US job postings on Indeed.com on August 13 were 36.6% above February 1, 2020, the prepandemic baseline. Job postings have slipped in construction and loading & stocking. Job postings on Indeed.com are a real-time measure of labor market activity. On August 13, 2021, they were 36.6% above February 1, 2020, the pre-pandemic baseline, after adjusting […]
Continue reading …Number Of Job Postings With Vaccination Requirements Climb
22/08/2021 Comments Off on Number Of Job Postings With Vaccination Requirements ClimbVaccination requirements are becoming more common in online job posting, according to research by job board Indeed.com’s HireLab. However, job postings with vaccination requirements remain a small percentage of overall job listings. Vaccination requirements are appearing in sectors such as software development and marketing that typically didn’t mandate vaccines. Key points: As of August 7, […]
Continue reading …Judge rules California gig workers law is unconstitutional
20/08/2021 Comments Off on Judge rules California gig workers law is unconstitutional
(CN) — A California Superior Court judge ruled Friday evening that a 2020 ballot measure that considered California gig workers as independent contractors with limited benefits is unconstitutional. The movement behind Proposition 22 was supported by gig economy companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, who spent more than $200 million to promote the ballot […]
Continue reading …We Can’t Educate Our Way to Racial Economic Equity
20/08/2021 Comments Off on We Can’t Educate Our Way to Racial Economic Equity
Black workers are still being left behind by their White peers regardless of their level of education. Ensuring their success requires a bolder approach.
Continue reading …How do couples handle awkward chats about money?
15/08/2021 Comments Off on How do couples handle awkward chats about money?
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Boohoo CEO says clothes aren’t ‘throwaway’
11/08/2021 Comments Off on Boohoo CEO says clothes aren’t ‘throwaway’In an exclusive interview, we spoke to the CEO of Boohoo amid growing pressure on fast fashion brands to be more sustainable. Chief Executive Officer John Lyttle insists the data they’re seeing doesn’t suggest shoppers are buying clothes, wearing them once and throwing them away. He added the brand are taking steps to be more sustainable but that it will take a number of years for the industry as a whole to make real change.
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