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Labor Agency Finds COVID-19 Took Bigger Toll On Jobs Than Forecast
Labor Agency Finds COVID-19 Took Bigger Toll On Jobs Than Forecast
June 30, 2020  |  Coronavirus

COVID-19 and the shutdowns enacted to combat the virus deprived the world’s workers of the equivalent of 480 million 40-hour-a-week jobs during the past three...

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Consumer Confidence Plunged In April
Consumer Confidence Plunged In April
April 28, 2020  |  Consumer Insights

Indicators say the coronavirus pandemic devastated consumer’s confidence in April as business and labor market conditions declined. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index fell in...

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Groceries Enlist Robots For Stocking, Deliveries
Groceries Enlist Robots For Stocking, Deliveries
April 08, 2020  |  Automated Retail

With the coronavirus’ multi-faceted threats to health and funds for people everywhere, grocery stores have tried to mediate the former by introducing more robots in...

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Survey: US Firms’ Employment Activity Has Leveled Out
Survey: US Firms’ Employment Activity Has Leveled Out
January 27, 2020  |  Economy

With the newest indication that the labor market might have reached its apex and job growth could decelerate in 2020, an even portion of U.S....

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California’s New Labor Bill Gets Pushback From Uber
California’s New Labor Bill Gets Pushback From Uber
September 12, 2019  |  Gig Economy

Rideshare giant Uber says it will fight the recent passage of a controversial labor bill in California, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Sept....

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Moody’s: April ADP Jobs Report Inflated
Moody’s: April ADP Jobs Report Inflated
May 01, 2019  |  Data

Payroll processor ADP’s report on the job market in April may have been inflated due to technical issues. Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi told...

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Retail’s Staffing Stumbling Block
Retail’s Staffing Stumbling Block
April 08, 2019  |  Retail

For the most part, the employment picture in the United States is strong. Last week’s jobs report indicated 196,000 positions were added to the U.S....

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Matching Ad Hoc Workers With Employers In The UK
Matching Ad Hoc Workers With Employers In The UK
March 11, 2019  |  Today In Data

Labour xchange is matching ad hoc employees with employers in the U.K. In addition, retailers are ranking mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) adoption high on their priority...

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Tight Job Market Continues SMB Squeeze: Paychex
Tight Job Market Continues SMB Squeeze: Paychex
March 07, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Small businesses continue to struggle amid a tight labor market in the U.S., according to payroll and human resource management solution provider Paychex. The company...

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