372,000 Jobs added in June: Labor Dept.

Jul 11, 2022

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Jobs report: employers hang on to workers while 372,000 jobs were added in June. Unemployment rate remains at 3.6%. ...

Alaska witnesses Entrepreneurial surge amidst pandemic

Nov 08, 2021

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Multiple people were tossed between jobs during the pandemic, as household wealth and life priorities shifted, Americans are looking for alternative means of employment. ...

Apple workers lash out about their working environment

Sep 21, 2021

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?Apple is considered one of the most corporate companies among its silicon valley peers, which is why what Tim Cook is currently facing is nothing short of unimaginable. Employee unrest is a very uncommon experience to Apple, their workers are always in step with the management and together they ma ...

Deaf and Blind employees inclusivity

Sep 21, 2021

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Remote working has brought up a lot more possibilities for disabled employees. Those who found it difficult to office spaces are much more comfortable with remote working, employees who had to stop working due to issues of commuting will no longer have that hurdle. However, there is still a long wa ...

A "normal" Labor Day

Sep 07, 2021

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Labor Day for many marks the end of summer as everybody goes back into their places of work post vacations. For the second year in a row, Labor Day was celebrated among the pandemic, which means that traditional methods of celebrations had to be put behind. This time period is the busiest for servi ...

Employees have the upper hand?

Sep 07, 2021

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When it comes to labor and employment, at any given point in time employers are the ones benefitting more than their employees. Work techniques and practices wouldn't even be implemented if they caused loss to employers. However, for the first time in forever, we have news about workers who are ben ...

August Job report: Biden blames unvaccinated population, black unemployment higher

Sep 06, 2021

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The August job report was released on Friday by the Labor Department. The report did not have the expected outcome. The number of jobs added was 235,000 as opposed to the expected 720,000. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.2% from 5.4%. Senior economist Daniel Zhao said that this fall which occurr ...

New collar jobs?

Aug 31, 2021

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We have all heard of white-collar jobs and blue-collar jobs but not get ready for new-collar jobs. Ginni Rometty former chairman and CEO of IBM coined the term to encourage firms to hire people by looking at skills and capabilities that go beyond a four-year degree. ...

Employee sexual harassment protection expanded in Texas

Aug 31, 2021

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Texas Legislature made amendments to their sexual harassment by employers guidelines under legislative changes (SB 45), these changes are to come in effect from September 1st onwards. ...

Amazon added to National Council on Occupational Safety and Health's "Dirty Dozen"

Aug 30, 2021

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The National Council on Occupational Safety and Health maintains a list of the most dangerous employers in the US known as the "Dirty Dozen", recently Amazon got added to this list for how they treat their employees. This news was no surprise as Amazon which is the second-largest employer in the U ...

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