The share of mothers who worked before their first birth more than doubled to 78% over the past half century, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report. The share of fathers who took paid leave after the birth of their…
Category: Workforce/Employment
New Census Bureau Data on Marine Economy Reels in Details on U.S. Coastal Businesses Without Paid Employees
From sea to shining sea, with the Great Lakes in between, U.S. coastal areas provide cargo handling, port operations, fishing, shipbuilding/repairs, navigational services and vacation accommodations. All are integral to the U.S. marine economy. The U.S. Census Bureau earlier this year released…
What Sources of Income Do People Rely On?
What share of older adults’ income comes from social insurance programs, such as Social Security? How does the share of income from earnings differ between men and women with similar levels of education? How do income sources change with age…
Workplace Hostility Pushes Employees to Seek New Jobs: 30% Report Higher Confrontation
New data reveals a troubling increase in toxic behaviors within the workplace, underscoring the critical need for companies to take immediate action to prevent employees from becoming job seekers. This is according to a recent Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey.…
Gig Economy May Serve as Substitute for Those Seeking Other, More Permanent Work
While traditionally laid off employees have relied on consumer credit and unemployment insurance to maintain consumption, research finds that the gig economy serves as a substitute for many seeking other, more permanent work. In a paper published in the Journal…
Socioeconomic Inequalities Between Remote Workers and Commuters
The share of the workforce working from home has declined in recent years but remains more than double what it was before COVID-19. New data reveal significant inequalities between remote workers and commuters: remote workers tend to be older, are…
More Women in Manufacturing Jobs in Every Age Group
U.S. manufacturing experienced a substantial decline in employment from 2000 to 2010 due largely to the 2008 Great Recession but rebounded – until the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020. Despite these fluctuations, it began inching up again in 2021. But the renewed upswing doesn’t mean…
Working Moms Depend on Child Care
In 2021, more than 29 million women (37.5%) ages 18-54 were mothers of children aged 14 or younger, this according to the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED). Of these mothers, 20.9 million (71.8%) were in the…
40% Don’t Take All Their Vacation Time, 50% Don’t “Unplug”
Forty percent of American workers who received paid vacation as a job benefit did not use all of their available paid vacation days. In addition, half (50%) did not unplug while on vacation, with one in four reporting they worked…
60% of Americans Satisfied With Ability to Get Ahead
Sixty percent of Americans are happy with the opportunity for a person in the U.S. to get ahead by working hard, according to Gallup’s Mood of the Nation survey. This is up from the 54% last year, which was comparable…