April 15, 2021 - Smlr_net

15 Apr 2021


      *SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource
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*APRIL 15, 2021*
*Title:*                    OECD Backs Biden’s Plan to Raise the Minimum
Wage
*Source:*               CNBC
*Author:*               Silvia Amaro
*Date:*                   April 14, 2021
*Summary:*          The U.S. should go ahead with a plan to increase its
federal minimum wage to help with a more inclusive recovery from the
coronavirus crisis, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development said Wednesday.
*Link:*                    https://cnb.cx/3adtVQ2
*Title:*                    5 Health Care Jobs on the Rise
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Kerry Hannon
*Date:*                   April 14, 2021
*Summary:*          Economists at the Labor Department project that from
2019 to 2029 employment in health care in the United States will grow 15
percent, much faster than the average for all occupations, adding about 2.4
million new jobs during that span.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/32iVmUt
*Title:*                   To Retain Workers, Walmart Moves More of them
Full Time
*Source:*               Associated Press
*Author:*               Anne D’Innocenzio
*Date:*                   April 14, 2021
*Summary:*          Walmart is moving more of its workers full time as the
nation’s largest private employer looks for more ways to attract and retain
employees. The company said Wednesday it plans to have two-thirds of its
U.S. store hourly jobs be full time with more consistent work schedules by
Jan. 31, the end of its current fiscal year. That’s up from 53% five years
ago, the company said.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3aazJtW
*Title:*                    Adapting Workers to the Modern Economy:
Alternative Training and Certification
*Source:*               Brookings
*Author:*               Marcus Casey and Ember Smith
*Date:*                   April 13, 2021
*Summary:*          The specter of labor market disruption driven by
advanced automation technologies raises concern that the US workforce will
be both underprepared and inflexible in the face of these changes. While
this alarm is not new, the COVID-19 pandemic may be bringing these
predictions to the present much faster than originally expected.
*Link:*                    https://brook.gs/32kiRfT
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