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How HR Leaders Are Transforming Health Care From Big Business to Personal Choice
Research suggests that rising demand for personalization also extends to work benefits. A recent survey from Aon found that 65 percent of employees prefer benefits with more choices than what their current option provides. People are no longer content with a...
Workers at Major D.C. Concert Venues Launch Unionization Effort
Production staff as well as employees in food services, box office and those staffing the door at D.C.’s 9:30 Club, a well-known venue that helped launched the careers of bands including Nirvana and R.E.M, as well as at The Anthem, one of the larger East Coast venues...
After The H-1B Visa Fee Hike, Global Teams Are Looking Like The Future Of Work
Your future colleagues may be increasingly based in other time zones. After President Donald Trump signed an executive order in September that slapped a fee of $100,000 on every new H-1B visa, the tech industry collectively panicked and scrambled. Most tech...
Poll: Economic Anxiety Grows As 47% Of Americans Doubt Job Prospects
Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, in what is a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given...
From Survival To Strategy: The Side Gig Economy Is Evolving
Not everyone is abandoning their extra gigs at the same rate. Workers between 18 and 44 show more staying power in the gig economy. They’ve grown up viewing multiple income streams as the norm, not the exception. These younger workers have already built the...
Uber’s Newest Gig Work: Train AI To Earn Extra Cash
The ride-hailing app announced on Thursday a new pilot program that will offer gig workers the opportunity to train artificial intelligence (AI) through so-called “digital tasks.” They include simple, quick tasks for workers such as uploading photos, recording...
When You Shut The Door On Remote Work, Seasoned Talent Turns Away
Veteran talent walks away the moment in-office work policy clashes with autonomy. McKinsey found 43 percent of prime-age employees, between 25 and 54, already work remotely, and nearly 60 percent want the option — an expectation gap of 17 percentage points that widens...
Michigan Workers Face Surprise Bills For Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
More than five years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, Michigan says it overpaid on unemployment benefits and is now demanding that money back. The Unemployment Insurance Agency, or UIA, says about 350,000 workers are required to return what they thought was free...
