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Half of employers to require vaccination, Delta sparks doubts over workplace return
03/09/2021 Comments Off on Half of employers to require vaccination, Delta sparks doubts over workplace return
The number US employers requiring Covid-19 vaccinations is set to surge as concerns about the Delta variant grow, according to a survey by Willis Towers Watson. It found 52% of US employers could have one or more vaccine mandates in the workplace by the fourth quarter. Right now, only 21% require vaccinations. These range from […]
Continue reading …U.S. added just 235,000 jobs last month, well short of expectations
03/09/2021 Comments Off on U.S. added just 235,000 jobs last month, well short of expectationsAmerica’s employers added just 235,000 jobs in August, a surprisingly weak gain after two months of robust hiring at a time when the delta variant’s spread has discouraged some people from flying, shopping and eating out.
Continue reading …What ‘Common Prosperity’ Means and Why Xi Wants It
03/09/2021 Comments Off on What ‘Common Prosperity’ Means and Why Xi Wants It
Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a campaign to remake the world’s second-biggest economy with an emphasis on “common prosperity.” The hope is that a mix of policy moves, market forces and philanthropy will address the country’s wide and persistent wealth gap, which could become a political threat to the ruling Communist Party if left […]
Continue reading …CSX Railway must pay $667K, reinstate workers after whistleblower retaliation
01/09/2021 Comments Off on CSX Railway must pay $667K, reinstate workers after whistleblower retaliation
ATLANTA – In November 2017, two CSX railroad workers at a rail yard in Waycross, Georgia, encountered and reported a blue flag that signaled their train could not move safely. For their actions, CSX Transportation Inc. pulled them from the job and later fired them, both actions found to be illegal in a U.S. Department […]
Continue reading …Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City lowest jobless rates look oh so pretty among big cities
01/09/2021 Comments Off on Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City lowest jobless rates look oh so pretty among big cities
September 01, 2021 — Salt Lake City and Oklahoma City had the lowest jobless rates among all large, US metro areas in July, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Salt Lake City’s unemployment rate in July was 2.8%. Oklahoma City’s was 2.9%. The highest jobless rates in July were in Las Vegas and […]
Continue reading …H-1B Denial Rates Stay Lower in FY 2021 Following Trump’s Legal Setbacks
30/08/2021 Comments Off on H-1B Denial Rates Stay Lower in FY 2021 Following Trump’s Legal Setbacks
Denial rates for H-1B petitions were much lower during the first two quarters of FY 2021 due to the Trump administration’s losses in federal court, (most of which took place during the Trump administration) than during the sam period in FY 2020, according to an analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP). Judicial […]
Continue reading …Investment firms buy Medical Solutions, 2nd largest travel nurse provider
30/08/2021 Comments Off on Investment firms buy Medical Solutions, 2nd largest travel nurse provider
August 30, 2021 — Private equity firm TPG Growth has inked a deal to sell medical staffing provider Medical Solutions to investment firms Centerbridge Partners LP and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. The sale is expected to close in the fourth quarter subject to closing conditions and approvals. Terms or value for the […]
Continue reading …Delaying injured employee’s training was reasonable accommodation
30/08/2021 Comments Off on Delaying injured employee’s training was reasonable accommodationBy Marjorie Johnson, J.D. — An employer provided a reasonable accommodation to a recently hired employee who had suffered an ankle injury by allowing her to delay her training until several days after her temporary restrictions were lifted. It was not required to instead have a trainer come down to the first floor to provide […]
Continue reading …Restaurant Jobs Rebound In US, Workforce Nears Pre-Pandemic Size
29/08/2021 Comments Off on Restaurant Jobs Rebound In US, Workforce Nears Pre-Pandemic Size
The rebuilding of the restaurant workforce continued in July, as robust consumer demand bolstered the industry’s need for employees. In total during the first seven months of 2021, eating and drinking places* added a net 1.3 million jobs. That brought the sector within 1 million jobs of returning to its pre-pandemic employment level of 12.3 […]
Continue reading …Nabisco Workers on Strike Across US ‘No Contracts, No Snacks’
27/08/2021 Comments Off on Nabisco Workers on Strike Across US ‘No Contracts, No Snacks’
By Brett Wilkins, CommonDreams.org. August 20, 2021 — Employees at Nabisco’s flagship plant in Chicago walked off the job Thursday, joining workers at three of the leading snack maker’s other U.S. plants who are demanding better working conditions, an end to foreign outsourcing, and the withdrawal of a company plan that would scrap the company’s […]
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