Sharing an expert from an NPR article. Pam and Barry Van Dyck have been dreaming of leaving behind the snow in Grand Rapids, Mich., and going someplace warm and adventurous for their 50th wedding anniversary, “with zip-lining, snorkeling, rivers in caves, amphibious vehicles and waterslides,” Pam Van Dyck says. It’sContinue Reading
Sharing an expert from an NPR article. Today, the phrase “work from home” comes with a lot of baggage. Though it has been several months since COVID-19 first led to office closures nationwide, remote work likely still involves Zoom fatigue, working on the couch, and rarely going outside. But twoContinue Reading
Sharing an expert from an NPR article. The next time someone tries to friend you on Facebook or follow you on Instagram, it could be a debt collector. New rules approved by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that took effect on Tuesday dictate how collection agencies can email and text peopleContinue Reading
Sharing an expert from an NPR article. WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for the seventh straight week to a pandemic low of 268,000. The applications for unemployment aid are a proxy for layoffs, and their steady decline this year — after topping 900,000 oneContinue Reading
Sharing an expert from an NPR article. Whether it’s babysitting or flipping burgers, most people’s first jobs do not compare to what Paris Muhammad is up to. At just 10 years old, she is the CEO of her own makeup company called Paris Place LLC. The fifth-grader from Georgia made historyContinue Reading
Sharing an expert from an NPR article. DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed into law a bill that allows Iowa workers to seek medical and religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates and guarantees that those who are fired for refusing a vaccine will qualify forContinue Reading
Sharing an expert from an NPR article. The five-day workweek can feel as preordained and immovable as the number of minutes in an hour. You wake up, go to work and come home. Then, wash, rinse, repeat until the weekend. But the Monday-to-Friday grind hasn’t existed forever. Nearly a centuryContinue Reading
Sharing an expert from an NPR article. Price says the idea of laziness has been effectively and expertly wielded to make people feel unproductive and unworthy. They call it a lie, and a trap that makes us believe there’s always more we could be doing — at work, in ourContinue Reading
Sharing an expert from an NPR article. “Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 4.3 million Americans, or 2.9% of the entire workforce, quit their jobs in August. That was a record-breaking month, piggybacking on previous record months. ‘The Great Resignation’ is real, and it can be seen acrossContinue Reading
Sharing an expert from an NPR article. “Friday’s jobs report showed lackluster improvement in overall hiring in the U.S., adding a modest 194,000 jobs. At the same time there’s a labor mystery afoot: where have all the silver haired workers gone? Despite a lot of open jobs, there are closeContinue Reading
