Benefits associated with family care are in high demand: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 08, 2023
Almost half of the 608 American workers surveyed by Alegeus said they spend most or all of the annual benefits associated with family care that their employers offer. Those benefits include elder care,...
Health services, education sector loses 29,000 jobs in May
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 02, 2023
Private-sector employment added 278,000 jobs last month, but the health services and education sector lost 29,000 jobs. That’s according to the May ADP National Employment Report produced by the ADP...
Nursing home, home health fast-growing health spending categories
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2023
Healthcare prices increased in April by 3.4% year over year despite slowing inflation, representing the fastest overall healthcare price growth since December 2007. That’s according to Altarum’s monthly...
Personal savings a priority as two-thirds of Americans brace for recession: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 22, 2023
As Americans brace for a possible recession, some baby boomers, those born between 1945 and 1964, are putting off actions such as buying a new home in favor of increasing personal savings toward retirement....
April’s jobless rate ties January’s record low at 3.4%
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2023
After a slight bump in March, the nation’s jobless rate slipped to 3.4%, tying it with January’s record low. That’s the lowest jobless level in 54 years.
Offering a retirement plan ‘critical asset’ even for small business owners
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2023
It’s not just the big corporations that need to offer a retirement plan to employees. Even small business owners can, and should, should set up a retirement plan, according to Los Angeles-based Capital...
Low-wage workers experience historically fast wage growth: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 01, 2023
Low-wage workers experienced wage growth of 9% between 2019 and 2022. That’s a historically fast real wage growth over the three-year span, especially in a period of economic inflation, according to...
Labor market experiences trade-off: jobs growth versus increased wages: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 09, 2023
The health services and education labor market increased by 35,000 jobs (7.2%) last month, whereas the private sector in general added 242,000 jobs overall in February.
Those past traditional retirement age may be a solution to worker shortfalls
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 10, 2023
So-called employment extenders — those who continue to work in their fields beyond the traditional retirement age — make up the fastest growing segment of the labor market, according to a new research...
‘Wave of demand’ coming in senior living, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2023
Senior living is a growth sector, John Chang, senior vice president of research services at Marcus & Millichap, said during a Tuesday afternoon webcast sponsored by the real estate investment services...