Government announces areas that could pilot fit note reforms
The government has announced details of 15 ICSs that will develop new health and employment support services – some of which will also pilot changes to the way fit notes work – in a bid to help more people back to work. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - May 7, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
RBA's Gov. Bullock: We want to keep employment growing, but there are risks
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
RBA: Labour Market Conditions Tighter Than Needed for Full Employment and Target Inflation
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dozens of former employees plan to sue Bowlero alleging discrimination after EEOC closes case, lawyer says
Dozens of former employees who say they were fired from Bowlero based on their age or out of retaliation plan to sue the bowling chain after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission closed its case against the company, the attorney representing the claimants said Monday. Bowlero, the…#eeoc #spac #luckystrike #closurenotices #commission #thomasshannon #robertlavan #danieldowe #dowe #alexspiro (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gig Worker Ballot Measures Get Hearing in Massachusetts Court
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments Monday (May 6) regarding a proposed ballot measure that seeks to redefine the employment relationship between rideshare and delivery drivers and companies like Uber and Lyft. The court’s justices expressed concerns over certain aspects…#uberandlyft #uber #massachusetts #massachusettscourt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Colorado grant to fund talent pipeline for non-traditional students, entry-level job seekers in Denver and Grand Junction area
Intermountain Health is the recipient of a $1.9 million seed grant from the Opportunity Now Colorado grant program, which aims to transform Colorado's growing workforce with new job opportunities.
The grant was one of 43 grants announced by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis that were awarded in 17 industries and is provided through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.
The grants from Opportunity Now are designed to spur innovation in education for employment and workforce … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 6, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Intermountain Health Source Type: news
Frontline Health Workers Coalition is Key Partner on Inaugural Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum
cbalesMay 06, 2024May 06, 2024The Coalition, hosted by IntraHealth International, is leading civil society participation. The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with Member States and partners—including theFrontline Health Workers Coalitionhosted by IntraHealth International—is convening the inaugural Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum in Windhoek, Namibia from May 6 - 8, 2024. The Forum will engage approximately 150 key decision-makers and actors —including African ministers of health, finance, education, and labor along with donors and civil society—to obtain consensus and commitment on...
Source: IntraHealth International - May 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Tags: Africa Health workforce development Policy & Advocacy Health Workers Source Type: news
The Federal Reserve Just Indicated Social Security Could Get a Bigger 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Than Expected
The Federal Reserve may have just given retirees the biggest indication yet that their 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) may be quite substantial. The Fed is tasked with a dual mandate: to maximize employment while maintaining stable prices. Over the past three years, it's been in a battle…#federalreserve #fomc #socialsecuritycola #jeromepowell #citizensleague #cola #clericalworkers #socialsecurity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Civil Society Scores LGBTQI+ Rights Victory in Dominica
By Inés M. PousadelaMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 6 2024 (IPS) On 22 April, Dominica’s High Court struck down two sections of the country’s Sexual Offences Act that criminalised consensual same-sex relations, finding them unconstitutional. This made Dominica the sixth country in the Commonwealth Caribbean – and the fourth in the Eastern Caribbean – to decriminalise same-sex relations through the courts, and the first in 2024.
Similar decisions were made in Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis and Barbados in 2022 – but progress then threatened to stall. Change in Dominica revives the hopes of LGBTQI+ activists in...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ines M Pousadela Tags: Civil Society Crime & Justice Featured Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean LGBTQ TerraViva United Nations CIVICUS 2023 IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
India ’s employment crisis: Jobless growth, threat of automation, and impact of climate change on productivity
Unemployment and underemployment have always been important issues in post-Independence India. We have always been a primarily agrarian, labour-surplus economy with low capital stock that has manifested in low industrial productivity and a largely non-remunerative, monsoon-dependent agricultural…#lfpr #nationalsamplesurvey #nss #fdi #infosys #wipro #globalnorth #bengaluru #hyderabad #pune (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HIMS company stock drops after CEO applauds & offers employment to protesters
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Analysts Predict Biggest Altcoin Market Rally To $4 Trillion Market Cap
Recent data releases from the US provided a visible lift to the market, also supported by a dovish Federal Reserve and the Quick Rate Adjustment (QRA). The employment data released on Friday depicted numbers weaker than forecasted, with Non-Farm Payrolls showing net additions of 175,000 jobs…#federalreserve #quickrateadjustment #nonfarmpayrolls #unemploymentrate #hourlyearnings #federalreserves #dovish #treasury #ath #peterbrandtbacks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bitcoin Price Leaps Over $61K Following US Unemployment Data
Bitcoin leaped over $61,000 in the hour that followed the release of a government employment report. At time of publication, the price of Bitcoin is around $61,640, up 5.2% on the day, according to data from CoinGecko. Bitcoin's price surge followed the U.S. government’s Nonfarm Payrolls report,…#nonfarmpayrolls #arthurhayes #bitmex #coinshares #blackrocks #ibit #hongkongs #ethereum #nonfarmpayroll (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Full-Time Jobs Fall Again as Total Employment Flatlines in April
“Why do we borrow our own currency in the first place?” Stephanie Kelton posed this question in her new documentary, Finding the Money, and a clip of Jared Berstein’s fumbled response to the question...#stephaniekelton #findingmoney #jaredbersteins (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The job market is transitioning to a more steady state
The labor market isn't the turbocharged hiring machine of the last couple of years. Instead, hiring looks to be moderate, steady and solid. Why it matters: Friday's employment report should ease fears that the job market is reaccelerating — while offering reassurance that it's still healthy, with…#federalreserve #treasury (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
