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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.