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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Last month, women left jobs at four times the rate that men did. A new school year with children staying home instead of returning to classrooms in person led many women to drop out of the workforce.
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    Enough Already: Multiple Demands Causing Women To Abandon Workforce

    Oct 02, 2020
    Women left jobs at four times the rate of men in September. The burden of parenting and running a household while also working a job has created a pressure cooker environment that's pushing women out.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Ninety-five percent of child care providers are women, and many are losing their jobs as the pandemic devastates the industry, the National Women's Law Center says.
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    1 In 5 Child Care Jobs Were Lost Since Pandemic Started. Women Are Affected Most

    Aug 19, 2020
    The economic toll of the pandemic has led to the loss of nearly a quarter million jobs for child care providers, nearly all of whom are women and disproportionately Black or Latina.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Amazon says it's planning to hire 100,000 U.S. workers to deal with increased demand during the coronavirus outbreak.
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    Amazon To Hire 100,000 Workers To Meet 'Surge In Demand'

    Mar 16, 2020
    Amazon plans to add full- and part-time U.S. workers for warehouses and delivery as more customers turn to online shopping for supplies because they're isolated at home.
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    Is Gaming No Longer The Answer In Nevada?

    Apr 25, 2019

    Six presidential candidates, all of them Democrats, will be in Las Vegas this weekend to talk about labor in a state whose unions still wield a lot of power.

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    Business
    Leah Tate, Belden's vice president of human resources, says the company is committed to paying even for residential drug treatment for job applicants. Belden's close ties to the community prompted it to invest more for treatment, even for those who are n
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    Now Hiring: A Company Offers Drug Treatment And A Job To Addicted Applicants

    Jul 27, 2018
    Like many employers, Belden couldn't find enough workers for its Indiana factory. So it started a first-of-its-kind program which pays for drug treatment to job applicants failing drug tests.
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    Economy
    Last year, 10.1 percent of the workforce was independent contractors, down from 10.7 percent in 2005, according to a new survey by the Labor Department.
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    1 In 10 Workers Is An Independent Contractor, Labor Department Says

    Jun 07, 2018
    It says last year, 10.1 percent of the workforce was independent contractors, down from 10.7 percent in 2005. Those figures appear to go against other surveys showing huge growth in contract work.
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    The Rise Of The Contract Workers
    Alex Belfiori, 28, is a contract worker at Dick's Sporting Goods near Pittsburgh. An NPR/Marist poll shows 65 percent of contract workers are men and 62 percent of such workers are under 45.
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    The Mystery Of Contract Work: Why So Many Guys?

    Jan 23, 2018
    An NPR/Marist poll shows 65 percent of contract workers are men and 62 percent are under 45. Contract workers gain flexibility, but when business goes down, they're often the first to be fired.
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    Developing A Skilled Workforce Still A Work In Progress For Nevada

    Aug 10, 2017

    When companies invest in new facilities, they want to be able to hire employees with the skills to be productive.

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    Around the Nation
    Victor Flores, his fiancée Mary Robbins and their children Manny, Leyla and Miranda. Flores says he has felt some of the backlash against newcomers in Milbridge.
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    Maine's Immigrants Boost Workforce Of Whitest, Oldest State In U.S.

    Apr 20, 2017
    New immigrants are projected to be the main driver of the U.S. workforce over the next 20 years. That trend is already playing out in Maine, which has an aging white population with a low birth rate.
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    LVGEA Poised To Oppose Rollback Of 2015 Business Tax Increases

    Mar 06, 2017

    The chairman of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance will be working at both ends of the state this month to argue that a better-prepared workforce would be a catalyst for new business developmen

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    All Tech Considered
    Using sensors, the Sociometric Badge tracks workers' interactions by analyzing speech and body movement, and measuring the relative location of users.
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    How A Bigger Lunch Table At Work Can Boost Productivity

    May 20, 2015
    Some firms use motion sensors and wireless tags to find out how people actually work. That can yield useful data — like which free snacks tend to attract people to break rooms more than others.
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