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Staffing Employment Down in Second Quarter Straying From Seasonal Growth Trend
17/09/2021 Comments Off on Staffing Employment Down in Second Quarter Straying From Seasonal Growth Trend
US staffing employment was an average of 2.6 million temporary and contract workers per week in the second quarter, down 2.8% from the first quarter, a decrease of about 74,600 jobs, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. Temporary and contract staffing sales rose 3.8%. The gap between quarter-to-quarter sales growth and […]
Continue reading …Week ended Sept. 11 jobless claims rise as Covid wave hits
16/09/2021 Comments Off on Week ended Sept. 11 jobless claims rise as Covid wave hitsSeptember 16, 2021 — Week ended Sept. 11 jobless claims rose 20,000 to a total of 332,000, following a pandemic low in the prior week, a sign that rising Covid-19 infections are harming economy, the US Department of Labor reports. Applications for unemployment benefits had been steadily decreasing as a number of states cut jobless […]
Continue reading …Working Parents Want Remote Work After Pandemic, Survey Finds
15/09/2021 Comments Off on Working Parents Want Remote Work After Pandemic, Survey Finds
In a post-pandemic world, 61% of working parents want remote work full-time, while 37% prefer a hybrid work arrangement, according to a survey commissioned by Flexjobs.com. Additionally, 62% say they would quit their current job if they can’t continue remote work. Between March and April 2021, FlexJobs.com, a remote work employment website, surveyed more than […]
Continue reading …Millions Fell Through the Unemployment Benefits Safety Net On Labor Day
15/09/2021 Comments Off on Millions Fell Through the Unemployment Benefits Safety Net On Labor Day
By Kevin Vazquez | Sep 15, 2021 | — Last week, on Labor Day, an estimated 8.9 million workers and their families lost federal unemployment benefits, and nearly three million more had their weekly checks reduced by $300 per week. The Biden administration, despite the entreaties of many workers, activists, labor unions, and other organizations, […]
Continue reading …First COVID Related Remote Work ADA Discrimination Lawsuit Filed By EEOC
15/09/2021 Comments Off on First COVID Related Remote Work ADA Discrimination Lawsuit Filed By EEOC
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEOC, has filed a remote work ADA discrimination lawsuit in what has been called a first-of-its-kind case that could decide businesses’ obligation to allow employees to work from home as a disability accommodation. ISS Facility Services, Inc., a Denmark-based workplace experience and facility management company with U.S. headquarters in […]
Continue reading …Stimulus Payments Lifted 11.7 Million People Out of Poverty During the Pandemic in 2020
14/09/2021 Comments Off on Stimulus Payments Lifted 11.7 Million People Out of Poverty During the Pandemic in 2020
The more than $400 billion in two rounds of stimulus payments the government distributed during the pandemic helped lift 11.7 million people out of poverty in 2020, according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) released today. The U.S. Census Bureau publishes SPM, an alternative to the official poverty measure that incorporates the value of noncash […]
Continue reading …Activision Blizzard Employees File Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Game Company
14/09/2021 Comments Off on Activision Blizzard Employees File Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Game Company
September 14, 2021, Oakland, California – In support of game developers at Activision Blizzard King, a cross-platform gaming company based in Santa Monica, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) has formally filed ULP charges against the company for worker intimidation and union busting. ABK workers staged a groundbreaking walkout during the summer to draw […]
Continue reading …In-Person Workers Slow to Return to Jobs, Data Shows
11/09/2021 Comments Off on In-Person Workers Slow to Return to Jobs, Data Shows
This report from Stateline, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts, detailed show in-person workers, those who cannot telecommute, are reluctant to return to work as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. By Tim Henderson, Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts — Donald Trinks is seeing both sides of the labor problem in his restaurant: […]
Continue reading …U.S. Economy Snapshot September 2021
11/09/2021 Comments Off on U.S. Economy Snapshot September 2021
U.S. Economy Snapshot September 2021 U.S. Economy Snapshot is a monthly presentation of the New York Federal Reserve Bank branch designed to give you a quick and accessible look at developments in the economy. Overview of the September 2021 Snapshot Data over the month showed slower employment growth and some easing of inflation pressures. Output […]
Continue reading …Weekly Jobless Claims Near Pandemic Low, Labor Shortages Slow Growth
09/09/2021 Comments Off on Weekly Jobless Claims Near Pandemic Low, Labor Shortages Slow GrowthLast week the number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in nearly 18 months further evidence that job growth is being slowed by labor shortages rather than declining demand. In the week ending September 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 310,000, a decrease of […]
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