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Activision: World Of Warcraft Workplace Conjures A Blizzard Of Woe
27/08/2021 Comments Off on Activision: World Of Warcraft Workplace Conjures A Blizzard Of Woe
Activision Blizzard, maker of hit video games World of Warcraft and Call of Duty, is accused of fostering a “pervasive frat boy workplace culture,” that subjects women to harassment, abuse and lower pay, a lawsuit filed by the state of California in June 2021. The corporate cultures of video game makers have had a bad […]
Continue reading …Insurers no longer waiving costs for COVID-19 treatment, employer waivers may also expire
27/08/2021 Comments Off on Insurers no longer waiving costs for COVID-19 treatment, employer waivers may also expire
By Rebecca Mayo, J.D. and WK Editorial Staff — Testing and vaccination for COVID-19 must be provided at no cost to individuals, however there is no federal mandate requiring insurers to waive out-of-pocket treatment costs for COVID-19. Early in the pandemic, the majority of private health plans waived out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 treatment, but a survey […]
Continue reading …Most private insurers are longer waiving COVID-19 treatment cost-sharing, KFF research finds
27/08/2021 Comments Off on Most private insurers are longer waiving COVID-19 treatment cost-sharing, KFF research finds
Nearly three fourths of all private insurers have discontinued waiving treatment cost-sharing in the wake of effective vaccines becoming widely available, according to new research from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Federal law requires all private insurance plans to cover the entire cost associated with approved COVID-19 testing so long as the test is deemed medically appropriate. Additionally, […]
Continue reading …More Than Half Of The Workforce Contemplate Job Hunting In The Next Year
26/08/2021 Comments Off on More Than Half Of The Workforce Contemplate Job Hunting In The Next Year
New York – August 23, 2021 — More than half of the American workforce is contemplating job hunting in the next 12 months, a survey from Bankrate.com shows. Just ahead of Labor Day, this tidbit of the mass dissatisfaction among American workers, a new Bankrate.com survey finds more than half of Americans (55%) who are […]
Continue reading …College Graduates Starting Salaries Class Of 2020 Up Despite The Pandemic
26/08/2021 Comments Off on College Graduates Starting Salaries Class Of 2020 Up Despite The Pandemic
BETHLEHEM, PA — College graduate starting salaries for the Class of 2020 college graduates rose 2.5 percent to $55,260 compared with the Class of 2019, despite the pandemic, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). NACE’s Summer 2021 Salary Survey shows a gain of 8.5% percent from the […]
Continue reading …Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts Didn’t Force People Back To Work
26/08/2021 Comments Off on Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts Didn’t Force People Back To Work
Unemployment insurance benefits cuts did not force people back to work, research by the Economic Policy Institute found. The July state employment and unemployment data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that the strong job growth reported earlier this month in the national jobs data was widespread throughout the country. And, notably, the states that chose not to cut pandemic […]
Continue reading …Remote Work: 83% Of Employees Would Leave A Job If Paid Less
25/08/2021 Comments Off on Remote Work: 83% Of Employees Would Leave A Job If Paid Less
WALTHAM, MA (June 23, 2021) – Employees want to maintain the option to work remotely post-pandemic and will not tolerate being compensated less for remote work, according to new survey data from Salary.com. The Salary.com Remote Work & Compensation Pulse Survey of both employees and employers, conducted in May 2021, found 48% percent of employees […]
Continue reading …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 …Unvaccinated Employees Face Increasing Pressure From Employers — News Roundup
25/08/2021 Comments Off on Unvaccinated Employees Face Increasing Pressure From Employers — News RoundupUnvaccinated employees are facing increasing pressure from employers to get vaccinated for COVID-19 or face firing. Employers Apply Different Requirements to Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Workers From SHRM – Some employers are applying selected workplace rules only to unvaccinated workers in an effort to protect employees from the COVID-19 delta variant, but are inadvertently intensifying conflicts […]
Continue reading …Contingent Workers Total 51.5 million; Temps From Staffing Firms 8.5 Million, SIA Reports
25/08/2021 Comments Off on Contingent Workers Total 51.5 million; Temps From Staffing Firms 8.5 Million, SIA Reports
Contingent workers in the US numbered 51.5 million in 2020, according to a new report released this week by Staffing Industry Analysts. The 2020 contingent worker count was down 4.6% from 54 million in 2019, according to the previous year’s report. The SIA report includes as contingent workers those assigned by staffing firms, statement-of-work consultants […]
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