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Trenton NJ, the NJ Staffing Alliance (NJSA) requests that Governor Murphy conditionally veto the Temp Workers Bill of Rights A-1474/ S-511, to allow the fixing of several flaws that would place undue hardship on temporary staffing agencies and potentially force their closure and loss of jobs for thousands of temp workers.
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Trenton NJ, Pennsylvania’s corporate tax cut must be a catalyst for change in New Jersey, says Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips. The lawmaker is calling on legislative leadership to prioritize his bill to lower New Jersey’s highest-in-the-nation 11.5% corporate business tax rate before companies, jobs and families move to the Keystone State.
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Trenton NJ, New Jersey advertises itself as the “Medicine Chest of the World.” Nine of the largest drug companies in the nation are either headquartered in, or have major operations clustered in the Garden State.
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Washington DC, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 372,000 in June, and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Notable job gains occurred in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and health care.
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Newark NJ, on Thursday the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Says No Deal on Amazon Cargo Hub at Newark Liberty International Airport. The $125M Amazon cargo hub had promised 1,000 new jobs . The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today released the following statement from Chief Operating Officer Huntley Lawrence:
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Ridgewood NJ, Since the pandemic we have seen a growing interest in remote jobs and preferences in working from home – particular among employees in the tech industry.
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Ridgewood NJ, Tech companies like Coinbase, Redfin, and Twitter have started to rescind job offers after record levels of hiring over the past two years. The practice of rescinding offers was last seen widely during the financial crisis. More leaders are seeing it as a feasible strategy, as it is better than laying off employees, despite the reputational risks. The phenomenon has so far been mostly restricted to extremely well-paid tech jobs for highly in-demand workers.
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Ridgewood NJ, with the economy still struggling, most Americans believe this year’s class of college graduates face a tough job market.
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Trenton NJ, The New Jersey CannaBusiness Association (NJCBA) today announced that it is collaborating with CareersinCannabis.com in an effort to bring New Jersey-based jobs to the cannabis industry. CareersinCannabis.com is the most robust resource for people interested in entering the cannabis industry and offers innovative ways to highlight non-cannabis experience and help job seekers identify and highlight transferable skills.
labor force participation rate, at 62.2 percent, and the employment-population ratio, at 60.0 percent
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Washington DC, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 428,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, in manufacturing, and in transportation and warehousing.
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Ridgewood NJ, with Mother’s Day around the corner and 68% of women with children under age 18 having been in the labor force during 2021, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms.
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Ridgewood NJ, after a surge in retirement during the early months of the pandemic, the rate of retired workers returning to the job market has slowly been increasing over the past year. And as the labor shortage drags on, more opportunities have become available for those looking to come back to work, especially in a part-time capacity.
Continue reading Rising Costs of Living :1 in 5 Retirees Plan to go Back to Work This Year
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) the U.S. GDP shrank at an annualized rate of 1.4 percent during the first three months of 2022, according to the BEA’s first estimate of first-quarter economic growth. Economists expected U.S. GDP to have fallen by an annualized rate of 1 percent. Marking an abrupt reversal for an economy coming off its best performance since 1984.
