*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management*
*October 26, 2022*
*Title:* Early Retirement Took Off During the Pandemic. An Economic Downturn Could Change That
*Source:* NPR
*Author:* Andrea Hsu
*Date:* October 25, 2022
*Summary:* In September, the share of people 55 and older who were working or looking for work was down 1.5 percentage points as compared with February 2020, according to the Labor Department. (For comparison, prime-age workers, or those 25 to 54 years old, are down just 0.3 percentage points from before the pandemic.)
*Link:* https://n.pr/3FzHCJZ
*Title:* For Disabled Workers, a Tight Labor Market Opens New Doors
*Source:* The New York Times
*Author:* Ben Casselman
*Date:* October 25, 2022
*Summary:* With Covid prompting more employers to consider remote arrangements, employment has soared among adults with disabilities.
*Link:* https://nyti.ms/3W6NuzS
*Title:* A ‘Catastrophe’ is Coming for the Economy, But It’s Not Recession or Inflation, Says Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh
*Source:* CNBC Work
*Author: * Eric Rosenbaum
*Date:* October 25, 2022
*Summary:* There has been a lot of talk about looming layoffs, and by some recent surveying, as many as half of large employers are thinking about labor cost cuts as the economy slows. But U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh doesn’t see the recent job gains reversing, according to an interview at CNBC’s Work Summit on Tuesday.
*Link:* https://cnb.cx/3DvR7Z5
*Title:* Workers Without Sick Pay or Family Leave Quit During the Pandemic More Than Those Who Had Benefits, House Report Shows
*Source:* NBC News
*Author:* Eli M. Rosenberg
*Date:* October 25, 2022
*Summary:* Employees at some of the country’s biggest companies who lacked sick pay or family leave quit at significantly higher rates than other workers during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a congressional report released Tuesday — the latest indication how the absence of social safety net policies in the U.S. can affect the labor force.
*Link:* https://nbcnews.to/3Dzj9mz
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