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More states are ending jobless benefit, but will workers return?
“When there’s a quick ramping up of the (economy), there’s a quick demand for workers and that means the people who pay more are going to get those workers ... just as when there’s a labor surplus they’re able to pay less and still get a competent workforce,’’ says...
Federal Unemployment Aid Is Now a Political Lightning Rod
Of the more than 4 million people whose jobless benefits are going to be cut off in the next few weeks, Bre Starr will be among the first. That is because Starr — a 34-year-old pizza delivery driver who has been out of work for more than a year — lives in Iowa, where...
Positive new data builds expectations for a whopper number for Friday’s closely watched jobs report
Payroll processing firm ADP said 970,000 people had been hired in May, the biggest gain since June 2020. “If we continue to get lower numbers, I think that is consistent with stories around schools not being fully reopened and parents having difficulty with childcare...
Higher wages and help wanted ads are plentiful, but workers aren’t filling jobs in NJ
Take leisure and hospitality out of the overall job market equation, the reserve said, and “there is relatively little decline in the correlation” between unemployment and job vacancies. Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development...
Build Back Better: Creating infrastructure and emergency community service jobs programs
Workers suffering the greatest economic harm in the current crisis include people of color, low-wage earners in the service sector, women, and individuals with lower educational levels.
Building back better:A national jobs strategy
The economic impacts of the pandemic on Americans, accentuated by the health crisis, is reflected in the proportion of individuals reporting pay cuts and layoffs.
‘Help Wanted’ — four strategies to fix America’s jobs crisis
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office projected record-breaking growth in 2021, but it is premature to celebrate this rosy macroeconomic projection because the rest of their report contained the alarming prediction that the U.S. labor market will not...
Did you retire too soon? How to get back in the workforce
Unsure what kind of work might appeal to you? Expand your network and strike up conversations. “Use social media tools to see what’s out there and what has changed,” said Maria Heidkamp, director of program development at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development...
One thing we agree on – How the American public views the economic crisis
Survey results showed that the public shares widespread agreement regarding the state of the economy and what the response to joblessness should be.
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