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The jobs data underscores the divide between college graduates and those without degrees.
As the economy registered disappointing job growth in September, the divide between those with and without a college education was again stark. Employment for holders of a bachelor’s degree rose by 169,000, and the unemployment rate for that group fell to 2.5 percent from 2.8 percent in August. By contrast, among those with a […]
September Jobs Report Is Expected to Show an Improvement From August
08/10/2021 Comments Off on September Jobs Report Is Expected to Show an Improvement From August
Economic data on Friday is expected to show that job growth picked up in September but remained suppressed by the latest coronavirus wave, which led Americans to avoid restaurants and travel and made some reluctant to rejoin the work force. Economists surveyed by FactSet expect the report, released by the Labor Department, to show that […]
Continue reading …A Year After a Jobs Bust, College Students Find a Boom
07/10/2021 Comments Off on A Year After a Jobs Bust, College Students Find a BoomSeniors and graduates are again in demand as companies revive recruiting, underscoring the economic premium that comes with a diploma. Trevaughn Wright-Reynolds, a senior at Colby College in Maine, expected a lengthy job search when he returned to campus in August. “I wasn’t sure how much interest I was going to get,” he said. “I […]
Continue reading …The Week in Business: A Big Step for Infrastructure Spending
15/08/2021 Comments Off on The Week in Business: A Big Step for Infrastructure SpendingThe next step for the $1 trillion bipartisan bill is the House. And its future there is not guaranteed.
Continue reading …The Wedding Business Is Booming, a Short-Term Jolt to the Economy
13/08/2021 Comments Off on The Wedding Business Is Booming, a Short-Term Jolt to the EconomyFrantic caterers, $200,000 weekends: The wedding industry is on fire, bringing spending, and bottlenecks.
Continue reading …One Number to Gauge Where the Economy Is Headed
11/08/2021 Comments Off on One Number to Gauge Where the Economy Is HeadedThe yield on the 10-year Treasury note is often a reliable indicator of how Wall Street views the prospects of economic growth — especially when other data points send confusing signals.
Continue reading …The Labor Department will release the Consumer Price Index at 8:30 a.m., and Wall Street will be watching a few key categories.
Continue reading …Will the Pandemic Productivity Boom Last?
10/08/2021 Comments Off on Will the Pandemic Productivity Boom Last?Fewer workers are making more stuff. If it lasts, that’s big news for the economy of the 2020s.
Continue reading …Wall Street Splashes Cash on Junior Bankers
10/08/2021 Comments Off on Wall Street Splashes Cash on Junior BankersA rise in starting salaries could help counter burnout but pandemic precautions might become a more important differentiator.
Continue reading …Consumer Inflation Expectations Ticked Up, a Fed Survey Shows
09/08/2021 Comments Off on Consumer Inflation Expectations Ticked Up, a Fed Survey ShowsThe rise in the longer-term price gauge was small, but it comes at a time when Fed officials are closely watching such metrics.
Continue reading …- Amazon’s unilateral mailbox installation nets workers a second election at Bessemer facility
- No injunction pending appeal for Mass General Brigham employees denied COVID vaccine exemption requests
- Sixth Circuit designated to rule on consolidated challenges to OSHA’s vaccinate or test mandate
- California AG announces first-of-its-kind stipulated judgment requiring Amazon’s compliance with COVID-19-related ‘right-to-know’ law
- Stay on OSHA’s ETS affirmed; agency ordered to ‘take no steps to implement or enforce’ vaccine mandate
- Manager who referred to mask as ‘KKK hood’ lawfully terminated for ‘cause’
- Biden Administration says there’s no need for emergency relief over vaccinate or test ETS
- Businesses, five states obtain temporary stay of Biden Administration’s private employer vaccine mandate
- Employee who didn’t opt out of post-hire arbitration agreement must arbitrate bias claims
- U.S. Supreme Court declines to grant injunction on Maine health care worker COVID vaccine mandate
- EEOC shares its own religious accommodation form as sample for vaccine requirement exemption requests
- Waste removal driver unable to revive Title VII and FLSA claims on appeal
- Transgender police officer who alleged she was involuntarily outed advances claims
- After appeal revived claim, white jail employee who complained of racial slur gets trial
- Mandatory vaccination rule for healthcare workers is facially neutral, does not single out religious objectors
- Hotel association challenges New York City’s new pandemic severance law
- 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
- Sprouts Farmers Market to Pay $280,0000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suits
- ‘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
- UK Poised to Expand Workplace PPE Obligations
- DOL Sues Over Firing for E-Mail Allegedly Sharing Coronavirus Concerns
- Using Technology to Prepare Workforce for Post-Pandemic Times
- Ask HR: How Can Restaurant Owners Attract and Keep Good Workers?
- DOL Proposes Rule to Remove Barriers to ESG Funds in Retirement Plans
- Cal/OSHA Modifies Quarantine Rules for Asymptomatic, Unvaccinated Workers
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Class certification granted for American Airlines pilots on USERRA, breach-of-contract claims
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
