Until we make caregiving issues as important to lawmakers as infrastructure and energy, we can act on three critical intermediary steps.
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...
Labor Department announces $200 million in grants for apprenticeships in nursing, hospitality, other...
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2024
The US Department of Labor has announced the availability of almost $200 million in grants to support public-private partnerships that “expand, diversify and strengthen” registered apprenticeships...
Job gains ‘remain solid’ in February: ADP
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2024
“Job gains remain solid,” ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson said in a press release issued Wednesday in conjunction with an ADP National Employment Report Economy Lab report.
68 percent of pre-retirees say they will not be able to retire as planned at 65: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 16, 2024
Sixty-eight percent of workers aged 55 to 65 years participating in a new survey said they are facing the reality that retiring fully or comfortably at 65 is more or less a pipe dream, with 41% planning...
COVID, workforce, financial issues confront senior living providers as 2023 starts, leaders say
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2023
Addressing the burnout plaguing existing employees while working to entice others to join the industry will be a focus of providers in 2023.
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...
74 percent of workers are concerned about their well-being at work: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 12, 2023
Seventy-four percent of US workers are “moderately” or “highly” concerned about their workplace well-being, according to the results of the 2023 EBRI/Greenwald Research Workplace Wellness Survey.
Health issues limit work potential for a fifth of younger baby boomers
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 29, 2023
Health-related issues appear to be hampering the job prospects of the baby boomer population’s youngest cohort, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.