by dankeelan | Aug 24, 2021 | Benefits, Featured, Healthcare
Workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandates are growing. Walmart, Disney, Google and Facebook all have some kind of requirement for employees working in person. This week, President Joe Biden urged more businesses to set vaccine rules. Workers who refuse the shot and don’t...
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Benefits, Gig Workers
With the Healthcare.gov Special Enrollment Period set to end on August 15, one group appears to be at risk of missing out on low-cost, high-quality health insurance: gig economy workers. According to data that will be released this week from Stride Health, a...
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Benefits, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia indicated on Saturday he would not back including an extension of federal aid for gig workers and long-term unemployed Americans past Labor Day in a Democrat-only package. “I’m done with extensions,” he told Insider....
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Benefits, Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers, Unions
A fight over a proposed ballot question about the status of gig-economy workers in Massachusetts escalated Monday, as a labor-backed coalition accused its political opponents, who are backed by technology giants, of violating state law by failing to report campaign...
by dankeelan | Aug 1, 2021 | Benefits, Jobs, Leadership, Management
As much as labor dynamics have flared of late, the national hourly crew turnover rate for limited-service restaurants today sits well above the 100 percent mark—a number virtually unchanged from 2019, according to Black Box Intelligence. It’s a reality surfacing some...
by dankeelan | Aug 1, 2021 | Benefits, Featured, U.S. Economy
When the coronavirus pandemic first hit home, millions of jobs were shed within weeks. Thankfully, lawmakers stepped up and boosted unemployment benefits at the start of the pandemic to help jobless workers who may not have had savings to fall back on. But a...
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