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The unemployment rate for black workers hit the lowest on record in April, according to the latest jobs figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday.   The unemployment rate for black workers dropped to 6.6 percent, beating the previous record low of 6.8 percent set in December.   The jobless rate for Hispanics fell to […]

The number of major work stoppages involving 1,000 or more strikers dropped to seven last year from 15 in 2016 — the second lowest in Labor Department data going back to 1947 http://www.industryweek.com/talent/major-us-labor-strikes-second-lowest-record-2017?NL=IW-11&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_4_b&utm_rid=CPG03000001473607&utm_campaign=24911&utm_medium=email&elq2=e1665faf5aa940269982ec6d4890901a

In a new National Small Business Association/ZipRecruiter survey, 60% of US small businesses anticipate growth in the economy in 2018, up from 45% in July 2017.  53% reported revenue increases in the past year, the first time in a decade that the majority of respondents in the small business sector reported incerases. Two-thirds expect revenue […]

Pretty simple explanation:   “If it bleeds, it leads.”  The news media makes each crime or event seem out-sized in their race to ratings. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-12/pssst-crime-may-be-near-an-all-time-low  

Life expectancy  into the 19th century was 30 years across the globe.  Today it is 71, and 81 in the developed world. In the US three decades ago, the murder rate was 8.5 per 100,000. Today – 53. Three decades ago, a much smaller US population emitted 34.5 million tons of particulate matter/20 million tons […]

Society of Human Resources Management:    Employers that sponsor foreign workers during this year’s H-1B visa filing season will need to spend extra time shoring up petitions to avoid the government’s dreaded requests for evidence (RFEs). Scrutiny of cap-subject H-1B petitions—especially of job duties, worker qualifications and wages—has increased since President Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire […]

The US Dept. of Labor this week announced that the number of US workers quitting their jobs rose 3.1% in January to 3.26 million.  This is the highest level since January 2001, and yet another indicator of the strength of the job market, as fear of job loss is replaced by willingness to take risk […]

The 2017 tax act changed the tax rates and income ranges to which the rates apply. The level of income that is subject to a higher tax bracket can influence a number of decisions by employees, including how much salary to defer into a traditional 401(k) plan, which reduces taxable income for a given year […]

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