[ad_1] New York CNN — The pandemic has transformed work over the past three years in ways few expected. It normalized remote work, created a shortage of critical workers and drove home to organizations that employees’ mental health and need for a sane work-life balance are critical to retention and …
Read More »Lovie Smith said the NFL had ‘a problem’ about Black coaches. A year later he was fired and the league is being criticized yet again about its lack of diversity
[ad_1] CNN — When Lovie Smith was hired by the Houston Texans in February 2022 as the team’s new head coach, he said the NFL had “a problem” with hiring Black coaches and diversity. “I realize the amount of Black head coaches there are in the National Football League,” Smith …
Read More »The US economy added 223,000 jobs in December
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — The US economy added 223,000 jobs in December, according to the monthly employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, capping a year of extraordinary job growth and marking the second-best year for the labor market in records that go back to 1939. The unemployment rate …
Read More »US job openings fell again in November, in sign the labor market may be loosening up
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — The number of available jobs in the United States totaled 10.46 million in November, according to data released Wednesday by the Department of Labor. That’s more than the 10 million total job openings that economists were expecting, according to Refinitiv, and slightly lower than the upwardly …
Read More »Disney plans to freeze hiring and cut jobs, memo shows
[ad_1] Disney (DIS) is planning to freeze hiring and cut some jobs as it strives to move the Disney (DIS)+ streaming service to profitability against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Friday. Chief Executive Bob Chapek sent the memo to Disney’s leaders, saying …
Read More »The Fed only cares about inflation. That’s bad news
[ad_1] New York CNN Business — Jerome Powell and other members of the Federal Reserve are obsessed with choking off inflation once and for all, even if the Fed’s series of aggressive rate hikes slow the economy to a crawl. That could be bad news for consumers, investors and Corporate …
Read More »Premarket stocks: White-collar workers are feeling the brunt of the Fed’s rate hikes
[ad_1] A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. New York CNN Business — September’s hotly anticipated jobs data ended up …
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