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Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or other entity is the employer and the other is the employee.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

New Report: 53 Pct Of Upper-Income Americans Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck
New Report: 53 Pct Of Upper-Income Americans Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck
June 15, 2021  |  Consumer Finance

Living paycheck to paycheck is sometimes seen as synonymous with being poor, an unfortunate but relatively uncommon circumstance. In fact, it is far more widespread...

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Retailers Await New Customers, Opportunities And A Spending Boom
Retailers Await New Customers, Opportunities And A Spending Boom
June 14, 2021  |  Retail

Last year will go down in history for many things, but in retail circles, it will be remembered as the year that comps went out...

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Report: Nearly Half Of SMBs Need More Employees
Report: Nearly Half Of SMBs Need More Employees
June 08, 2021  |  Personnel

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) indicated that a record-high 48 percent of small business owners are looking for more help, dampening optimism as...

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Restaurant Job Count Creeping Back Up, Per BLS Data
Restaurant Job Count Creeping Back Up, Per BLS Data
June 07, 2021  |  Personnel

The United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced on Friday (June 4) that total U.S. jobs grew by 559,000 during May....

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US Private Sector Gained 978,000 Jobs In May, ADP Says
US Private Sector Gained 978,000 Jobs In May, ADP Says
June 03, 2021  |  Economy

Employment in the private sector expanded by 978,000 in May, far surpassing April’s 654,000 with the biggest gain since June 2020, according to the ADP...

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New Jobless Claims Tumble Again, Beating Expectations
New Jobless Claims Tumble Again, Beating Expectations
May 13, 2021  |  Economy

Initial jobless claims tumbled to 473,000, beating expectations and marking a new record low from the pandemic’s historic highs.  The U.S. Department of Labor’s latest...

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Help Wanted: Restaurants Suffer As Servers Rebuff Signing Bonuses
Help Wanted: Restaurants Suffer As Servers Rebuff Signing Bonuses
May 12, 2021  |  Personnel

Even at $40,000 annual for salaried workers and $20 per hour for part-timers, restaurants like Chef Dan Jacobs’ chain in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are struggling to...

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Nonfarm Jobs Up By 916K As Economy Begins Rebound
Nonfarm Jobs Up By 916K As Economy Begins Rebound
April 02, 2021  |  Economy

The U.S. economy took a big step forward in March with total nonfarm payroll employment up by 916,000, beating analysts’ predictions. In addition, the unemployment...

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Nonfarm Jobs Rise By 379K As Economy Shows Renewed Growth
Nonfarm Jobs Rise By 379K As Economy Shows Renewed Growth
March 05, 2021  |  Economy

With a bit of wind at its back — in the form of December’s $900 billion U.S. stimulus package — the economy took a step...

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