As American companies prepare to bring large numbers of workers back to the office in the coming months, executives are facing one of their most delicate pandemic-related decisions: Should they
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Mexico City Subway Crash Damage Investigated
Workers examined the site of the bridge collapse in Mexico City that sent a train plunging to the ground, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens more.
Biden aims for vaccinating 70% of adult Americans by July 4
Workers at a mostly empty COVID-19 vaccination clinic located at Cathedral of the Cross A.O.H. Church of God in Birmingham, Ala., are shown on Monday, May 3, 2021. | AP
US to reallocate COVID shots to states with greater interest
Workers at a mostly empty COVID-19 vaccination clinic located at Cathedral of the Cross A.O.H. Church of God in Birmingham, Ala., are shown on Monday, May 3, 2021. | AP
May Day protesters in Paris demand more job protections amid pandemic
Workers and union leaders dusted off bullhorns and flags that had stayed furled during coronavirus lockdowns for slimmed down but still boisterous — and at times violent — May Day
Canadian government passes legislation to end Montreal port strike
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Longshore workers strike in front of Port of Montreal in Montreal (Reuters) – The Canadian government passed a back-to-work legislation late on Friday to end a
Summers Sees Signs of Scarce Workers as Harbinger of Inflation
© Reuters. Summers Sees Signs of Scarce Workers as Harbinger of Inflation (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden’s $4 trillion plans to overhaul the role of government in American lives is
U.S. labor costs accelerate in the first quarter
© Reuters. Construction workers on the job at a residential project during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in California WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. labor costs increased more than expected
Workers Reach $1 Million Wage Settlement With Exclusive Montana Resort
Dozens of guest workers from Jamaica have reached a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit that accused an exclusive Montana ski resort — home to business titans and Hollywood celebrities
Domestic Workers in the Gulf Open Up About Labor Conditions on Tiktok
Female domestic workers, who are often isolated, are particularly vulnerable to abuse, according to rights groups. With their already minimal freedoms further diminished by the pandemic and their isolation growing,
A Computer Chip Shortage Has Hobbled the Auto Industry
Around the world, auto assembly lines are going quiet, workers are idle and dealership parking lots are looking bare. A shortage of semiconductors, the tiny but critical chips used to
Sex abuse charges expand to 2nd New Hampshire youth center
Four former youth detention center workers charged with sexual assault made initial court appearances in New Hampshire on Thursday, including a man accused of abusing a girl multiple times in
Restaurants dangle bonuses amid labor shortage — and workers aren’t biting
The restaurant industry is starved for workers –and some operators are going to desperate lengths to reel in prospective hires. James Meadowcraft, a McDonald’s manager in Tampa, Fla., recently advertised
China Needs Structural Reform for Economy, Ex-IMF Official Says
© Bloomberg. Construction workers cross a road near the Bund in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, April 10, 2021. China’s population is aging more quickly than most of the worlds developed
How the Pandemic Did, and Didn’t, Change Where Americans Move
The pandemic raised the possibility that more workers could move anywhere, potentially scrambling the map of booming and declining places in the American economy. And new data shows that it
Families await news of missing workers on capsized ship
Worried family members were waiting Friday to hear the fate of 11 workers still missing after a lift boat capsized earlier this week off Louisiana while the Coast Guard confirmed
Officials: 2nd dead worker from capsized boat found in Gulf
The Coast Guard has told families of missing workers that another body has been found from the lift boat capsized off the Louisiana coast and a coroner has confirmed the
Coast Guard divers hope to reach 12 missing in capsized ship
Divers searching for oil industry workers on a capsized lift boat prepared to enter the vessel Friday, a rescue effort complicated by daunting technical challenges and continued bad weather. The
FedEx reportedly examining cellphone policy after Indianapolis shooting
FedEx is reportedly examining a policy barring workers from carrying their cellphones on the job after a deadly mass shooting at one of the company’s Indianapolis facilities. The shipping giant
Workers at Mashable, PC Mag stage strike over ‘paltry wages’
About 70 editorial workers at three Ziff-Davis publications — Mashable, PC Mag and Ask Men — are staging a 24-hour strike amid complaints of “paltry wages.” The online strike, which
Businesses are struggling to hire workers — and say Uncle Sam is to blame
Workers are hard to find despite the vaccination rollout and a stubbornly high unemployment rate — and business owners say Uncle Sam is to blame. Just this past Monday, Sean
Walmart offers workers full-time employment in bid to retain them
Walmart is moving more of its workers full-time, with the goal of having two-thirds of its US store hourly jobs be full-time with more consistent work schedules by early next
The Symbol of Bessemer
Bessemer — the Alabama city where Amazon warehouse workers recently voted not to join a union — is named for Henry Bessemer, a British inventor who revolutionized steelmaking. When an
More than 3,200 Amazon workers vote in Alabama union election
A little more than half the workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse voted in a landmark union election there, according to the labor group involved in the push. The National
Workers file 744,000 new jobless claims in troubling sign for COVID recovery
The number of workers seeking unemployment benefits stubbornly jumped again last week even amid hopes that the labor market was getting back on track, the feds said Thursday. Last week’s
China keeping a top-secret watchlist of US travelers — from celebs to everyday folks
Nearly 700 Americans — including government workers, CEOs and even Ashanti — were secretly placed on a Chinese watchlist when they traveled through Shanghai’s main airport, The Post has learned.
COVID testing blitz undermined screening, fight against STDs
After an unprecedented push to test and track COVID-19, public health workers are grappling with a worrisome side effect: a collapse in screening for sexually transmitted diseases that have been
MLB All-Star Game is officially relocated to Denver’s Coors Field
Workers load an All-Star sign onto a trailer after it was removed from Truist Park near Atlanta. | AP MLB decided to move the game from Truist Park near Atlanta
U.S. factory orders decline in February
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Line workers spot weld parts of the frame on the flex line at Nissan Motor Co’s automobile manufacturing plant in Smyrna Tennessee WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New
Amazon’s Clashes With Labor: Days of Conflict and Control
In recent weeks, a heated discussion about whether Amazon’s workers must urinate in bottles because they have no time to go to the bathroom — a level of control that