Biden’s Pick for Labor Secretary Aims For Stronger Work Rights
From today’s CNN News: Julie Su, a civil rights attorney who has held numerous state and federal roles focused on labor issues, was formally nominated to be the next secretary of labor…
From today’s CNN News: Julie Su, a civil rights attorney who has held numerous state and federal roles focused on labor issues, was formally nominated to be the next secretary of labor…
From today’s New York Times: At least 10 times a day, Erika Becker, who works as a sales development manager at a technology company called Verkada, turns to her boss…
From today’s NBC News: In the wake of federal investigations into illegal child labor and media reports including an NBC News series on children cleaning slaughterhouses, two Democratic senators are sending…
From today’s New York Times: Across the globe, there are 32.5 million refugees seeking safety, many of them adults seeking work. At the same time, severe labor shortages in the United States…
From today’s Entrepreneur: The four-day workweek concept isn’t new. New Zealand and many European countries have proven it successful over recent years. Yet, with the shift to hybrid work and the need…
From today’s Business Insider: For a few weeks last fall, I was consumed by a strange habit that had me spending a lot of time on LinkedIn, of all apps.…
From today’s New York Times: For many cooks, waiters and bartenders, it is an annoying entrance fee to the food-service business: Before starting a new job, they pay around $15…
From today’s Los Angeles Times: After months of waiting, hundreds of Twitter employees laid off by Elon Musk in early November received their separation agreements by email Saturday morning. The…
From today’s The Conversation: The “gig” economy has captured the attention of technology futurists, journalists, academics and policymakers. “Future of work” discussions tend toward two extremes: breathless excitement at the brave…
From today’s Bloomberg News: The US Federal Trade Commission is proposing a ban on non-compete clauses in employment contracts that keep workers from switching jobs — a sweeping rule likely…