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Are You a Business Leader? Here is How to Prepare Your Workplace Post-COVID

As the country begins the slow and delicate process of opening back up for business, many business leaders are grappling with how to make employees feel comfortable returning to the workplace. There...

Surprising Jobs Report Threatens Further Stimulus Spending

In late May, almost every expert in the world of finance and in print journalism was furiously writing a variety of essays, op-eds and articles about the looming disaster that would be revealed in June, telling th...

Media Targets Essential Industries for Virus Blame

Once upon a time in the United States of America, the free press, whose rights are guaranteed in the nation's Constitution, were an honest and powerful force for good. In 2020, with hundreds of competing networks figh...

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Proposes 401(k) Tax Overhaul

Lost in all of the more controversial political news has been the unveiling of Democratic candidate Joe Biden's 401(k) tax break policy. The former vice president recently unveiled his plans to overhau...

THIS Job Sector Lost 100,000 Jobs During COVID and Most Aren't Returning

For many decades, the oil and gas industries were some of the most reliable in the world. They employed people at all education levels and offered stable jobs for entire towns. However, as newer, more s...

Proposed COVID-19 Stimulus Package Could Deliver Big Relief to Workers

After months of roadblocks on both sides of the political aisle, lawmakers are finally honing in on the details of a proposed COVID-19 relief package. The bill is expected to head to Congress before lawm...

Best Job Roles for Gig Workers and Freelancers in 2021

The American economy lost more than 22 million jobs at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it regained about 12 million jobs, that leaves 10 million fewer jobs now than the United States had one year ago. In...

Biden Allows Americans to Refuse Work and Remain on Unemployment Benefits

President Joe Biden made an unexpected move on Friday for job seekers on unemployment benefits. He signed comprehensive executive actions giving more rights to American workers. Workers who take a...

Instacart Plans to Lay Off 2,000 Workers This Month

Grocery shopping and delivery service Instacart announced on January 22 that it is going to lay off about 2,000 of its workers. This includes 10 workers who recently joined the United Food and Commercial Workers Local Union...