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The U.S. labor market has been characterized as a ‘no hire, no fire’ landscape for much of the past year. But ‘no hire, more fire’ increasingly looks more accurate, providing further ammunition for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. Retail giant Amazon on Tuesday announced 14,000 layoffs, with more to come next year, while […]
A new Amerisleep.com survey of over 1,200 Americans found that 37% used their paid time off (PTO) in the past year primarily to rest rather than take a vacation. mainly due to exhaustion and rising living costs. Millennials were most likely to do so (43%), and higher earners were 26% more likely to use PTO […]
A TikTok video is drawing attention to a Burger King employee in Columbia who says she was left to run the entire restaurant by herself during a shift that lasted more than 12 hours. Nykia Hamilton, a single mother of three, says she’s often forced to choose between providing for her family and spending time […]
The International Plaza will host ROC the Block, a series of four job fairs in the style of a community block party, kicks off on Wednesday. Located on North Clinton Avenue the 1st. ROC the Block started at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. Here is this year’s schedule: July 16, Rochester Public Market, 280 […]
Governor Hochul is committed to making sure all pregnant New Yorkers can get the care they need. Starting January 1st, 2025, New York State is adding 20 more hours of paid sick time for prenatal care to employees existing leave time. All employers in New York State have to honor this to part time and […]
Back at the office or remote work? What about the hybrid model? What workplace setting works for you? A new study published by Deloitte illustrates just how tied executive professionals, specifically in the financial sector, are to flexible working arrangements. Out of 700 full-time executives at U.S financial services organizations, 66% of executives who work remotely at least part-time […]
Do you work with or know people that are insecure or difficult to work with? If you answered yes well there are ways you can deal with those individuals according to an article from CNBC. There are seven signs to watch for highly insecure people and ways you can deal with them. Here are the seven […]
Don’t be surprised if you see more companies testing the 4 day work week. This comes after the full results of an international study shows great results. Juliet Schor, a Boston College sociology professor, collaborated on the six-month trial that involved dozens of companies in the United Kingdom. Thousands of employees worked a 32-hour week instead of […]
Could the 5 Days, 40 hour work week be changing? What if you could cram all of the hours needed for a full-time schedule into just three days, are you interested? That’s what one Chick-fil-A in Florida is doing. The 3 day work week, translates into full-time employment with benefits. The Chick-fil-A employees who opt […]
I don’t know why or how I even came across this article well yes I do, I was looking for something to blog about. So apparently people are willing to risk their career to watch porn at work. And this is not something new because it was happening prior to the pandemic however, stress and […]
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