January 27, 2023 - Smlr_net

27 Jan 2023


      *SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource
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*January 27, 2023*
*Title:*                    Hiring Slowdowns, Manager Burnout and Other
Trends That Will Shape U.S. Workplaces in 2023, Experts Say
*Source:*               CNBC
*Author:*               Morgan Smith
*Date:*                   January 26, 2023
*Summary:*          If there was any hope during the height of the Covid-19
pandemic that the workplace would one day “return to normal,” 2022 dashed
that expectation. Millions of people lost their jobs or changed careers.
Some people resumed their commutes for the first time in years, while
others, after months spent working from home, discovered they never want to
step foot in an office again. CNBC Make It spoke with three experts about
the biggest trends that will shape work this year.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3XXLnzf
*Title:*                    HarperCollins, HarperUnion Move to Solve Labor
Dispute with Independent Mediator
*Source:*               Publishers Weekly
*Author:*               Emell Derra Adolphus
*Date:*                   January 26, 2023
*Summary:*          With negotiations stalled, the publisher and union have
agreed to employ an independent mediator to help end a strike that has
stretched on since early November.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3Yk5wzh
*Title:*                   5 Takeaways From the Massive Layoffs Hitting Big
Tech Right Now
*Source:*               NPR
*Author: *              Bobby Allyn
*Date:*                   January 26, 2023
*Summary:*          The industry is confronting one of its worst
contractions in history with Meta, Google, Microsoft and Amazon all
announcing mass layoffs over the span of a few months. According to tech
job tracker layoffs.fyi, there have been more than 200,000 tech jobs lost
since the start of last year. While the full extent of the pain remains to
be seen, here are five takeaways from what has happened so far.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3Jkf4Wt
*Title:*                    The Forgotten History of Chinese Railroad
Workers Rises From the Texas Dust
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Zachary Small
*Date:*                   January 26, 2023
*Summary:*          In a creative departure, the artist Kenneth Tam spent
the last year creating sculptures that honor the lives of Chinese laborers
in Texas who helped build the country’s railroad system.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3DjOfhf
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