October 26, 2022 - Smlr_net

26 Oct 2022


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*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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