Published July 29, 2021 The Great Reentry Survey Results 68% of Companies Worried About Exodus of Talent, 81% Facing Pushback, 59% Cite Burnout U.S. employers are worried about and planning for The Great Resignation: 68% of companies report a concern about an exodus of talent. As to...
A Labor Shortage with 8 Million Unemployed Published June 17, 2021 Quits And Job Openings At Record Highs: What Is Happening In The Labor Market? Recent labor data point to an increasingly tightening job market, with reports of workers quitting instead of returning to work in-person, while employers...
NASI Creates New Task Force on Unemployment Insurance (UI) The economy lost 8.9 million jobs last year, testing the effectiveness and efficiency of the Unemployment Insurance system. Due to the stress of increased initial unemployment claims, the system has come under renewed and increasing scrutiny. The...
As Workers Vaccinate, Paid Time Off (PTO) Planning Begins Published March 30, 2021 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), roughly 15% of the United States population has been inoculated against COVID-19 thus far, with 3.5 million vaccinations being distributed daily. While the CDC...
2021 Challenger March Madness Report Published March 17, 2021 As millions of the nation’s workers battle very real burnout after a tumultuous and uncertain year, the first round of this year’s March Madness tournament starts tomorrow. Fewer Americans are working than during the last tournament in 2019,...
Job Search Times Longest Since 2016 Spikes In Job Search Length In Q2 & Q4 Correspond To Spikes In Covid Cases The time it took for job seekers to find new positions spiked in the second quarter of last year and jumped nearly that high again in...
FLU SEASON COSTS EMPLOYERS AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY $15B ANNUALLY Daily new cases of COVID-19 have fallen below 100,000 for the first time in months in part due to the implementation of federal guidelines mandating mask-wearing in government buildings and on public transportation. Meanwhile, new data...
2.7 Million Women Out of the Labor Market Since December 2019 HOW TO BRING BACK AND RETAIN WOMEN TALENT Over 2.1 million women have left the labor market completely since the onset of the pandemic March 2020, 20% more than the number of men who have done...
PRODUCTIVITY LOSSES COULD SURPASS $6 BILLION WITH ABSENCES, DISTRACTIONS Published January 27, 2021 In a strange NFL season with postponed games, fan-less stadiums, COVID cases, and a Tampa Bay Buccaneers Championship, the Bucs will host the Kansas City Chiefs at their own stadium on February 7th. The...
Challenger COVID Coverage CAN EMPLOYERS MANDATE THE COVID-19 VACCINE? PUBLISHED January 22, 2021 Another 900,000 Americans filed initial unemployment claims last week in the month after the economy lost 140,000 jobs, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many experts agree the vaccine could spur recovery,...
