by dankeelan | Jun 28, 2022 | Featured, Mental Health, U.S. Economy
New research from employee benefits provider Unum (NYSE: UNM) shows over half (56%) of U.S. workers, primarily Millennials and Gen Z, felt mentally unwell in the previous year. Additionally, 42% of employees said they needed to take time off from work to deal with...
by dankeelan | Jun 7, 2022 | Jobs, U.S. Economy
The white-hot demand for U.S. workers cooled a bit in April, though the number of unfilled jobs remains high and companies are still desperate to hire more people. Employers advertised 11.4 million jobs at the end of April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down...
by dankeelan | May 2, 2022 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
The United States is rapidly approaching a major jobs milestone that highlights the historically strong economic recovery from Covid-19. By the end of August, the labor market will have fully recaptured all jobs lost during the pandemic, Fitch Ratings projects in a...
by dankeelan | Mar 29, 2022 | Jobs, U.S. Economy
Some 4.35 million workers quit in February — most to take better jobs — in a sign the U.S. labor market is still the tightest it’s been in decades. Employees have more leverage over employers and they are taking advantage of it. The number of people quitting topped 4...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy, Unions
A coalition of labor groups pushing to make gig workers count as employees in Massachusetts has renamed their campaign and begun hiring staff that will try to fight some of the giants of the tech world on multiple fronts. But most gig workers in Massachusetts...
by dankeelan | Feb 22, 2022 | Featured, Future of Work, Jobs, U.S. Economy
Public health crises past and present have caused labor shortages that ripped out and reworked the fabric of society. The Great Plague liberated serfs, the Spanish Flu brought women to the workplace, and COVID-19 is empowering modern employees to redefine work-life...
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