Assistant managers in customer service roles enjoyed the biggest median wage boosts last year, according to Payscale. The driver: Persistent labor shortages, coupled with the usual high rate of turnover in these notoriously stressful positions, forced employers to up wage to retain workers. 2023 wa...
Last year saw several Republican-led states,including ArkansasandIowa, roll back protections for children in the workplace, with proponents arguing that they placed outmoded barriers to employers’ ability to fill open jobs and provide valuable experience to interested teenagers. ...
with the 5,000 person plant in Marietta focused mostly on producing C-130 transport planes. It's a huge supporter of the region's economy and one of its largest employers. The plant recently won another five-year contract, this time to build C-5M Galaxy planes for the Air Force. ...
The population in Sioux Falls is up by 4,500 people (45th overall); an increase of 1.6 percent. Rapid Citygrew by an even bigger percentage. South Dakota's second-largest city added 2,651 people (36th overall); an increase of 1.9 percent. ...
s the people who pick up our garbage or the people who drive our trucks, we are having a hard time recruiting,” says Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego. “We are not the lowest unemployment market, but it’s the No. 1 thing I hear from employers: ‘We’re trying to grow in Phoenix, but...
The fallout in Pacific Palisades — known for its hiking trails, canyons and beachfront splendor — has sent the community of roughly 27,000 people reeling. Los Angeles employers with residents in the affected areas have scrambled to make accommodations, offering hotel rooms, remote work options an...
To date, most states have told employers with remote employees in other states to continue withholding state income tax in the same manner as they have been. But concerns remain that people who have spent time working in another state this year – think health care w...
State legislatures will have a lot on their plates. They’ll deal with issues in wildly differing ways. We set the context for the 2022 session with an overview of everything from abortion to taxes.
Separately, more states are requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers. Nebraska voters may get a chance to vote on the policy at the ballot in 2024, after state lawmakers rejected a proposal in 2021. Missouri voters could weigh in on a similar policy, along with a proposal ...