Finding good employees has always been a challenge—but these days it's harder than ever. And it is unlikely to improve anytime soon.
Economics & Business
Nov 16, 2021
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In October, the major employment indicators for people with disabilities reached their highest recorded levels since September 2008, when reporting for this cohort was begun by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), according ...
Economics & Business
Nov 5, 2021
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It's not always women who lose out when looking for a job. Men experience disadvantages in hiring processes for female dominated occupations in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. The reverse is not the ...
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2021
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It stands to reason that better-run companies attract and retain better workers, but what are the actual practices that make a business run better?
Economics & Business
Oct 18, 2021
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Some studies claim that declining economic conditions cause people to become less concerned with climate change, while others find little relationship. New research published in Economic Inquiry demonstrates that both results ...
Economics & Business
Oct 6, 2021
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Australian women have long been under-represented in parliament. Although our country was the first in the world to give women the right to stand for election, we currently rank 56th in the world for female representation, ...
Political science
Sep 29, 2021
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Latinos in non-union jobs were seven times more likely than Latinos in labor unions to fall into unemployment during three key months early in the pandemic, according to a new report by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics ...
Economics & Business
Sep 6, 2021
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A new study in Nature Food calls attention to the need for better systems to track forced labor in food supply chains. The study—a methodological advance—reports on the development of a new scoring system that identifies ...
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2021
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Working mothers are often expected to work like they don't have children and raise children as if they don't work. This impossible standard is at the root of gender inequalities in the workplace, according to two new Washington ...
Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2021
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Latinas have not only experienced disproportionately high unemployment rates, but they also are dropping out of the workforce at higher rates than any other demographic group.
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2021
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