The Seattle City Council has enacted an ordinance that temporarily provides paid sick and safe time (PSST) to gig workers. The Paid Sick and Safe Time for Gig Workers Ordinance applies to online-based food delivery network companies and drivers of transportation network companies with 250 or more…
IZA Paper: Workplace Injuries Caused by Heat Undercounted
U.S. government agencies are likely significantly undercounting the number of workplace injuries caused by extreme heat, according to a new paper. Federal and state labor departments track heat-related injuries, which include things like dehydration and heat strokes. But if an employee falls from…
Banks Obtained Crucial Jobs Data While Report Was Delayed
At least three banks managed to obtain key payroll numbers Wednesday while the rest of Wall Street was kept waiting for a half-hour by a government delay. After the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics failed to post its revisions to the monthly payroll figures at 10 a.m. New York time, Mizuho…
Most Workers Plan to Look for a New Job This Year; Jobseekers Are Tired of Getting Ghosted
Nearly nine out of 10 workers intend to actively search for a new job in 2023, but they are not necessarily looking forward to the job search process, according to a survey of 798 professionals by Virtual Vocations, a fully remote job board. More than 54% of professionals use online resources,…
MA Staffing Firms to Receive Revised Registration Application
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Assignment to a Lesser Position Upon Return From Leave May Support FMLA Interference Claim
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Become a RΓ©sumΓ© Lie Detector
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Tackling FMLA AbuseβRecent Decision Offers Textbook Guidance
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Labor-Market Dropouts Stay on the Sidelines
Wall Street Journal (12/29/14) Josh Zumbrun Despite healthy job gains of late, the U.S. economy is still not luring back many of the millions who dropped out of the labor market during the down times. U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen has cited the low labor-force participation rate to justify the Fedβs long easy-money quest…
What’s Bothering the U.S. Economy?
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