What a difference a year makes. Going into Labor Day weekend 2019, the U.S. was beginning its 19th month with an unemployment rate at or below 4%. Workers were concerned about slow wage growth in a tight labor market. Fast forward to Labor Day 2020: Who...
Labor Day 2020 Published September 4, 2020 What a difference a year makes. Going into Labor Day weekend 2019, the U.S. was beginning its 19th month with an unemployment rate at or below 4%. Workers were concerned about slow wage growth in a tight labor market. Fast forward...
Juggling professional and family responsibilities has always been challenging for working parents, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has caused some families to reach a breaking point. As companies begin to bring back employees from working at home and a new school year looms large,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies to implement remote work options for all or a large portion of their teams, and many plan to keep workers at home. In fact, a recent Challenger survey found 73% of companies plan to keep their teams working...
How Zoom Meetings Affect Workers Published JULY 22, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies to implement remote work options for all or a large portion of their teams, and many plan to keep workers at home. In fact, a recent Challenger survey found 73% of companies...
Challenger Survey Reveals 30% of Companies Cut Pay in Response to COVID-19 & half of those respondents did so to avoid suspensions or terminations Posted Jul 4, 2020 Thirty percent of employers chose to cut pay in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of those, more than half...
Employers Face Challenges to Protect Workers as States Reopen Published May 22, 2020 As the nation's employers consider how to reopen their offices following stay-at-home shutdowns triggered by the Coronavirus pandemic, many are facing challenges regarding how to modify or extend current work from home (WFH) policies,...
Published on: Mar 30, 2020 See the press release and report here. [caption id="attachment_13585" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Source: Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. ©[/caption] ###...
Published October 26, 2017 Retailers Turn To Telecommuters When most job seekers consider seasonal retail jobs, they think of late nights, controlling crowds, Black Friday, and wrapping gifts for last-minute holiday shoppers, but a few large retailers are looking for workers willing to stay home this season. JCPenney, Williams-Sonoma,...
