Diversity Management, News and Updates
The workplace continues to evolve in startling new ways, especially in light of the dramatic and ongoing spike of people leaving jobs they are unhappy with and looking for new ones. CNN’s Matt Egan reported that “a record 4.3 million people quit their jobs in August, evidence of the considerable…
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has a message for the millions of Americans who had received emergency federal unemployment assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic but lost those benefits when the program expired at the start of September. “Um, get a job?” he said in the typical, tone-deaf Ted Cruz…
Unemployment benefits put in place at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are ending, and with their expiration comes the disturbing news that the unemployment rate for Black men and women in the country is once again back on the rise. Thomas Franck, Spencer Kimball, and Nate Rattner of CNBC…
According to new data from the Department of Labor, unemployment levels for Black Americans dropped significantly in July — but the news isn’t as positive as it might sound on the surface. Bloomberg’s Catarina Saraiva has reported that “the decrease came as workers left the labor force, an indication that…
Republican governors in states including Ohio, Oklahoma, Indiana, Maryland, and Texas who ended their federally funded pandemic unemployment programs early over fears that the programs were keeping people from returning to work now have another problem to worry about: lawsuits from groups of unemployed workers demanding the programs be reinstated….
May turned out to be a very good month for America’s working women. A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics has revealed that more than half of new jobs gained in the United States last month went to women. After reviewing the numbers, Chabeli Carrazana of nonprofit newsroom…
Even with the effects of the pandemic easing up in recent months and an ever-growing number of people returning to work, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that the job outlook for men and women in America remains disappointing as a whole, especially for women. While about 355,000 men…
We all know how dramatically the COVID-19 pandemic impacted American businesses and the U.S. labor market. But a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics looking at unemployment data in 2020 paints a bit clearer picture of just which groups were impacted the most by the global crisis. According…
As COVID-19 struck America last year, many people who were lucky enough to keep their jobs in the process committed to “sticking it out, working from home, and making it through to the other side.” Now that we are thankfully almost there with an ever-growing number of Americans at least…
Following repeated reports of American women experiencing a “female recession” as a result of the global pandemic, there’s finally a bit of good news to report on the female-employment job front. According to newly released government data, women accounted for up to 75% of all individuals entering the workforce throughout…
