ThinkstockA Census Bureau report released Thursday puts more precise numbers than ever before on the e-retail revolution. According to the Bureau’s newly published “County Business Patterns: 2012” report, it’s not just Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and…
Google topped all companies in terms of best pay and benefits in a new survey by online jobs site Glassdoor. The list was thick with tech and biotech companies.
ThinkstockThere were 40.7 million immigrants living in the United States in 2012. Of these, 11.7 million were “unauthorized.” That total is up from 19.8 million in 1990. Almost all immigrants live in 15 states,…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department reading on the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (the JOLTS report) showed that some 4.014 million job openings were available in the United States on the last business day…
The Justice Department revealed Thursday that it reached a settlement with eBay that prevents the company from entering into or maintaining agreements with other companies restraining employee recruitment and hiring.
ThinkstockWomen have made very little progress in terms of what they make compared to men in similar jobs. The equality situation is even worse in the CEO’s office. Only 3% of incoming chief executive…
ThinkstockThe Labor Department showed that weekly claims were down by a whopping 32,000 to 300,000 in the week ending April 5. Bloomberg had the estimate at 318,000, and the report was even better than…
ThinkstockMore good news is out on employment. The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI) rose in March. Monday’s report seems to somewhat shadow the gains seen in Friday’s unemployment and payrolls report. The index…
ThinkstockThe National Labor Relations Board has a ruling which could be the top of the iceberg for how college and university athletes are treated financially going forward. The NLRB website has a ruling in favor…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThursday’s jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department showed that weekly jobless claims rose by 5,000 to 320,000. The prior report was left unrevised at 315,000. Dow Jones was calling…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) rarely makes the news for anything positive on its labor relations. The company employs over 2 million people, and it has become routine that Walmart…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsCan weather be to blame for poor jobs numbers for three consecutive months? After two disappointing Labor Department reports on monthly payrolls, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has determined…
ThinkstockDespite some very weak independent jobs reports seen so far this week, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the number of weekly jobless claims fell by 26,000 to 323,000 in the latest week.…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThursday’s economic report calendar seemed to be good when you consider that the decline in durable goods was better than expected, but the Labor Department has released a skunk of…
ThinkstockHarvard Business School tops many ratings of business schools in the United States and even the world. Its graduates are paid more than the graduates of almost all, if not all, of the major…