The COVID-19 pandemic brought the longstanding economic inequalities between women and men into sharp focus. From the onset of the pandemic, up until the summer of 2022, economic gender gaps continued to widen.
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2024
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The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted jobs across the workforce, including the editorial sector. But a new study from the University of Kansas found it did not significantly affect how copy editors, proofreaders, and fact-checkers ...
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2024
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Earlier this week, the Ontario government announced that they would introduce legislation that would require organizations to include salary ranges in job postings. Recently, the University of Waterloo made the salary field ...
Economics & Business
Nov 9, 2023
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Three years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, many public health restrictions have been lifted and organizations are requiring workers to return to the office.
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2023
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Work isn't just about getting paid. Employment can provide a number of benefits for people in terms of health, well-being, social, economic and financial inclusion. It can also reduce reliance on government income supports. ...
Economics & Business
Mar 29, 2023
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Pressure on working parents has been building for a long time, with daycare costs increasing as places become more scarce. Two recent reports clearly illustrate the dysfunctional nature of England's system of Early Childhood ...
Economics & Business
Mar 13, 2023
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Rosalba Hernandez and her husband both work full time at a restaurant, but with five kids, soaring inflation rates and a San Diego apartment that keeps jacking up rent, the family is living day to day.
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2022
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Amit Kramer is a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who studies the relationship between work, family and health. Kramer spoke with News Bureau business and law editor ...
Economics & Business
Aug 30, 2022
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The coronavirus pandemic has led to more people choosing to become "microworkers," a new study shows.
Economics & Business
Jul 1, 2022
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The coronavirus pandemic is threatening the future of a generation of the world's children, depriving them of schooling and sending them to work. Across the developing world, two decades of gains against child labor are eroding.
Education
Oct 15, 2020
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