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US Outlook: Job Market Improves, But Will It Last?
16/02/2012 Comments Off on US Outlook: Job Market Improves, But Will It Last?
In the most recent sign the job market in the US is steadily improving, the number of people on unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest point in almost four years last week, according to a US Department of Labor report issued 16 February 2012. In the unemployment report, the Labor Department reports weekly applications for […]
Continue reading …EEOC Discrimination Cases, Settlements Hit Record High In 2011
07/02/2012 Comments Off on EEOC Discrimination Cases, Settlements Hit Record High In 2011
By LAURA LIEBECK– The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws, last year handled a record number of cases alleging workplace discrimination and secured a record high financial settlement total for those cases. The EEOC’s oversight covers discrimination based on a person’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, […]
Continue reading …U.S. Union Membership Grows Slightly In 2011
30/01/2012 Comments Off on U.S. Union Membership Grows Slightly In 2011
Union membership in the United States grew slightly in 2011 up by about 49,000 members, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The percent of unionized wage and salary workers was 11.8%, 14.8 million workers in 2011, down slightly compared with 11.9% in 2010, according to the BLS report […]
Continue reading …Online Job Ads Down 76,200 in Nov., 3.5 Seekers for Every Job
30/11/2011 Comments Off on Online Job Ads Down 76,200 in Nov., 3.5 Seekers for Every Job
Online advertised vacancies were down 76,200 in November to 3,857,200, according to The Conference Board’s Help Wanted OnLine data released 30 Nov. 2011. The November drop follows a decline of 14,000 in October and 44,000 in September. The job supply/demand rate stands at 3.53, indicating there were 3.5 unemployed for every online advertised vacancy in […]
Continue reading …Employment Trends Index Up 5% in October From Last Year
07/11/2011 Comments Off on Employment Trends Index Up 5% in October From Last Year
Glimmers of hope are appearing for job seekers as economic data are showing a positive trends. Business forecasting group, The Conference Board reports that its Employment Trends Index increased in October to 101.92, up from the revised figure of 101.20 in September. The October figure is up 5% from the same month a year ago. […]
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