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Corporate DEI initiatives are facing cutbacks and legal attacks
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Just three years after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis set off a torrent of hiring of chief diversity officers and other such roles, companies are… Read More
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The latest workers calling for a better quality of life: airline pilots
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — In the departures hall of Washington Dulles International Airport, hundreds of uniformed airline pilots filed silently past travelers pulling suitcases and children toward the check-in kiosks. Faces… Read More
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Biden has big ideas for fixing child care. For now a small workaround will have to do
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — You might call it a creative hack. Thinking outside the box. Who would have ever thought that the road to affordable child care could be through semiconductor… Read More
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Behind your speedy Amazon delivery are serious hazards for workers, government finds
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Updated January 18, 2023 at 2:01 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Federal safety inspectors have concluded that the twisting, bending and long reaches that Amazon warehouse workers perform as… Read More
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As holidays near, a nationwide rail strike is still on the table. Here’s the latest
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – Remember earlier this fall when the country came within hours of a nationwide rail strike? We could soon see a repeat of that scenario. The nation’s… Read More
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Early retirement took off during the pandemic. An economic downturn could change that
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Before the pandemic, no one would have guessed that Dean Hebert was headed toward early retirement, least of all himself. He was enjoying his job as… Read More
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Biden says a tentative railway labor deal has been reached, averting a strike
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Updated September 15, 2022 at 8:22 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A strike that could have halted both freight and passenger trains across the country seems to have been… Read More
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Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — More than two years after Georgia Linders first got sick with COVID, her heart still races at random times. She’s often exhausted. She can’t digest certain… Read More
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The idea of working in the office, all day, every day? No thanks, say workers
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BOTHELL, Wash. (NPR) — To Jonathan Pruiett, it just didn’t make sense. A geospatial analyst who updates Google maps for a living, Pruiett had been called back to his company’s… Read More
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New businesses soared to record highs in 2021. Here’s a taste of one of them
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — America’s entrepreneurial spirit remains strong during the pandemic. That’s the takeaway from new numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday, which found that a… Read More
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Companies tell unvaccinated workers to pay more for health insurance
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — As Covid cases surged over the summer, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian took action: Unvaccinated workers would have to pay an extra $200 a month… Read More
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A lottery could determine the fate of Biden’s vaccine rule for 84 million workers
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In the fight over who has the authority to tell companies what to do when it comes to COVID-19 and workplace safety, a random drawing could… Read More
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Biden’s vaccine rules for 100 million workers are here. These are the details
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In early September, President Biden announced he was taking steps to get more Americans vaccinated and turn the tide on COVID-19. On Thursday, the administration rolled… Read More
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U.S. Job Openings Remain At A Historic High, Giving Job Seekers Options
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The number of job openings in the U.S. topped 9 million in May, according to Labor Department. The number of people quitting their jobs eased slightly from April but remains high.
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Millions Of Women Haven’t Rejoined The Workforce — And May Not Anytime Soon
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Millions of women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have yet to return to work, even though the economy has improved. What’s keeping them back is a mix of factors that may not be resolved quickly.