Employment

Iowa GOP Bill Strips Liability Rules In Child Labor Laws

Axios reports: Legislators in multiple states are invoking a widespread labor shortage to push bills that would weaken long-standing child labor laws. Some bills go beyond expanding eligibility or working hours for run-of-the-mill teen jobs. They’d make it easier for kids to fill physically demanding roles at potentially hazardous work sites. Iowa lawmakers are considering Republican legislation that would allow …

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Labor Department Issues Strong February Jobs Report

The New York Times reports: Employers added 311,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department reported Friday, continuing a hotter-than-anticipated streak that has created abundant opportunities for job seekers while frustrating the Federal Reserve in its drive to contain stubborn inflation. The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.6 percent, still an exceptionally low level brought about both by robust job creation …

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Aunt Lydia Signs Bill Gutting Arkansas Child Labor Laws

CBS News reports: Arkansas is rolling back some child labor protections after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a new law to make it easier for children under 16 to get hired. The new law is part of a push by some states to loosen child labor rules at a time the job market remains tight, with the lowest jobless rate …

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GOP Rep Introduces Bill To Weaken Labor Unions

The Daily Caller reports: Republican South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson reintroduced the National Right to Work Act (NRTWA) on Monday to prevent private-sector workers from being required to pay dues to unions they do not support. The NRTWA allows individual workers to choose whether to join workplace labor organizations or refrain from such activities. It would amend sections of the …

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Poll: 19M Likely To Miss Work On “Super Sick Monday”

The workplace site Human Resources reports: A record-high 18.8 million employees are predicted to miss work on the so-called “Super Sick Monday” after the highly anticipated Super Bowl LVII on Sunday evening. The estimates were released by The Workforce Institute based on an online of more than 1,200 employed US adults. According to the findings, roughly one out of five …

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New York City Nurses End Strike After Reaching Deal

The Associated Press reports: New York City hospitals have reached a tentative contract agreement with thousands of striking nurses that ends this week’s walkout that disrupted patient care, officials announced Thursday. Nurses began returning to work Thursday morning, with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul greeting returning nurses at Mount Sinai just before dawn. Hochul, a Democrat, said that with the …

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7000+ NYC Nurses Strike Over Staffing Levels And Pay

CNN reports: More than 7,000 nurses at two major New York City hospitals walked off the job Monday, arguing immense staffing shortages are causing widespread burnout and hindering their ability to properly care for their patients. The nurses say they are working long hours in unsafe conditions without enough pay – a refrain echoed by several other nurses strikes across …

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Labor Department Issues Strong December Jobs Report

Axios reports: Employers finished the year with a burst of hiring: The economy added 223,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate fell back to a half-century low of 3.5%, the Labor Department reported on Friday. The labor market is still chugging along with healthy demand for workers, the latest sign that the economy is holding up despite recession fears. …

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Ridership On Nation’s Subways Still Down By Half

The Hill reports: This week, New York subway officials grabbed a woman passing the turnstiles at the 161st St.-Yankee Stadium station and announced she had won a prize for being their billionth passenger of 2022. That sounds like a lot of passengers, until you consider that the New York City Subway carried 1.7 billion riders in pre-pandemic 2019. The nation’s second- …

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1100+ NYT Union Members Walk Out Over Contract

Axios reports: More than 1,100 members of the New York Times union walked out on the job Thursday morning after more than a year and a half of stalled contract negotiations with The Times’ management. The walkout represents a breaking point between the two parties, which have been debating new contract terms since the guild’s last contract expired in March …

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New York Times Union Threatens To Strike Next Week

Axios reports: More than 1,000 members of the New York Times union, which includes hundreds of newsroom staffers, plan to walk out on the job if the company’s management doesn’t agree to the terms of a new contract by Dec. 8, the union announced Friday. The two parties have been at odds for more than a year and a half …

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Labor Dept Issues Strong Jobs Report For November

The New York Times reports: America’s jobs engine kept churning in November, the Labor Department reported Friday, a show of continued demand for workers despite the Federal Reserve’s push to curb inflation by tamping down hiring. Employers created 263,000 jobs, even as a wave of layoffs in the tech industry made headlines. That was only a slight drop from the …

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House Votes 290-137 To Avert Potential Rail Strike

The Associated Press reports: The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved. The measure passed by a vote of 290-137 and now heads to the Senate. …

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$825K Settlement For Man In Landmark LGBTQ Case

NBC News reports: A Georgia county has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a man whose case was one of three that led to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment. The Clayton County Board of Commissioners this week approved an $825,000 settlement for Gerald Lynn …

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Biden Gets Solid October Jobs Report Before Election

Business Insider reports: October was another strong month for the US labor market even as recession fears for next year continue. The country added 261,000 payrolls in October according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecasted payrolls to rise by 200,000. The unemployment rate was 3.7% in October, up from September’s 3.5% …

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Biden Gets Good News On Q3 Economic Growth

CNBC reports: The U.S. economy posted its first period of positive growth for 2022 in the third quarter, at least temporarily easing inflation fears, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday. GDP, a sum of all the goods and services produced from July through September, increased at a 2.6% annualized pace for the period, against the Dow Jones estimate for …

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Labor Dept Issues Strong Jobs Report For September

CNBC reports: Job growth fell just short of expectations in September and the unemployment rate declined despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to slow the economy, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls increased 263,000 for the month, compared to the Dow Jones estimate of 275,000. The unemployment rate was 3.5% vs the forecast of 3.7%. A drop of 25,000 …

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Gay Weatherman Fired After Troll Sends Nudes To Boss

The Daily Beast reports: A TV weatherman in New York City was fired from his job after nude screenshots from an online video chat were sent by an anonymous user to his bosses at work as well as his own mother, court documents obtained by The Daily Beast show. Erick Adame, a two-time Emmy nominee who served as a NY1 …

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49% Of NYC Workers Now In Offices On Average Day

Gothamist reports: In a survey of 160 companies with Manhattan offices employing more than 200,000 workers, the Partnership for New York City found 49% of workers were in offices on an average weekday, according to Kathryn Wylde, the group’s president and CEO. She said that Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays are the most popular days for workers to be in the …

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Sen. Joni Ernst Complains About Hiring Incentives

“Small businesses and public services are struggling to maintain the workforce that is vital to our communities. “The Des Moines public school district, for example, has over 100 vacancies and is providing $50,000 incentives for retiring teachers, nurses, and administrators to stay in school. “Faced with a declining number of soldiers, the Iowa National Guard is offering signing bonuses to …

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