Tag: Labor Issues
‘Anxiety-inducing’ layoffs are scaring U.S. workers. How worried should they be?
Layoff fears are taking hold of workers across America, with many worried about whether they’re next. One expert says layoffs may be less widespread than [Read more about this post…]
How those strong jobs figures could weaken Biden’s re-election prospects
President Joe Biden issued a statement Friday celebrating the latest blowout jobs report. They showed “another month of strong wage gains and employment gains of [Read more about this post…]
Flextirement: Can it help prevent brain drain as boomers and Gen X-ers retire?
I spoke to some experts on the topic: Neil Costa, the writer of the Fast Company article and the one who coined the term flextirement; [Read more about this post…]
Stock-market rally faces Fed, tech earnings and jobs data in make-or-break week
Stock-market investors may take their cues from a series of important events in the week ahead, including the Federal Reserve’s monetary-policy meeting, a closely-watched December [Read more about this post…]
Fed interest-rate decision and January jobs report takes center stage this week
Inflation is slowing toward pre-pandemic levels and the U.S. economy is still surprisingly strong. The stage is also set for the Federal Reserve to cut [Read more about this post…]
Wayfair’s job cuts reportedly hit remote workers harder
In the ongoing fight between managers and employees over remote work, online furniture and home-goods retailer Wayfair Inc., in its latest round of job cuts, [Read more about this post…]
3 ways to prep for a tougher job market in 2024: ‘A lot of doors are closing.’
The economy pumped out a surprisingly strong 216,000 new jobs in December, the Department of Labor said Friday, suggesting lots of residual strength in a [Read more about this post…]
The 3 biggest myths about AI use in hiring, according to an expert
Even before the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence over the past 12 months, AI had been playing part in the hiring process for years. But [Read more about this post…]
Opinion: Why I plan on following the Colonel Sanders model for living in my 60s
I turned 60 last week, something of a milestone birthday that one could say marks my arrival into senior citizenhood and that final, quiet chapter [Read more about this post…]
State-run IRAs hit $1 billion in assets in 2023. Will you be contributing to one this year? by StuffsEarth
More than 800,000 workers across seven states have amassed more than $1 billion in retirement savings through state programs that are filling in gaps for [Read more about this post…]