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Salaries Recover Even Though 9 Million Jobs Are Still Missing
In an employment report released on Monday, February 15, the Department of Labor announced that salaries have recovered to their February 2020 levels, but there are still 9 million fewer workers compared to the nu...
Teenagers With Jobs Keep Their Families Financially Afloat During Pandemic
In a report released on Monday, February 15, economists in Nevada shared that an increasing share of teenagers are helping keep their families financially afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many kid...
Biden Allows Americans to Refuse Work and Remain on Unemployment Benefits
President Joe Biden made an unexpected move on Friday for job seekers on unemployment benefits. He signed comprehensive executive actions giving more rights to American workers. Workers who take a...
Instacart Plans to Lay Off 2,000 Workers This Month
Grocery shopping and delivery service Instacart announced on January 22 that it is going to lay off about 2,000 of its workers. This includes 10 workers who recently joined the United Food and Commercial Workers Local Union...
Full Employment & Jobs Creation Under Trump is the Worse in Almost 100 Years
Full Employment & Jobs Creation Under Trump is the Worse in Almost 100 Years President Trump once said he would be "the greatest jobs president that God ever created." This is in s...
What Economists Think the Jobs Market Will Be Like in 2030
Although most economists didn't imagine the economic devastation brought upon the world by the COVID-19 pandemic, public health professionals weren't at all surprised about the wide-ranging effects of its worldwide s...
Fastest-growing and Highest-paying Jobs for 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way most people lived and worked in 2020. A lot of jobs soared in demand as employers tried to meet changing needs triggered by the pandemic. At the same time, other jobs disappeared, and ...
Best Job Roles for Gig Workers and Freelancers in 2021
The American economy lost more than 22 million jobs at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it regained about 12 million jobs, that leaves 10 million fewer jobs now than the United States had one year ago. In...
Record-high Number of Workers Died on the Job in 2019
On December 25, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report about on-the-job accidents in the United States in 2019. Last year was the deadliest year in more than 12 years, reported the agency in its annual statement...
