*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Desperate for labor, retailers offer workers more hours

*Author:* Lydia DiPillis Source: CNN

*Date: *Nov 1, 2018

*Summary:* It's three weeks to Black Friday, and retailers have a problem. They're expecting a bumper holiday shopping season, but in the tightest labor market in nearly half a century, recruiting the legions of temporary workers who usually help out at the end of the year is proving difficult.

One solution: Offer workers more hours, which can make them eligible for health benefits and other accoutrements of full-time work. Link: https://cnn.it/2JxE8Z5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library