Labor

Hiring Growth for Small Businesses Continues in March

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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The CBIZ SBEI tracks payroll and hiring trends for over 3,000 companies that have 300 or fewer employees, providing broad insight into small business trends.

Key Points: 
  • The CBIZ SBEI tracks payroll and hiring trends for over 3,000 companies that have 300 or fewer employees, providing broad insight into small business trends.
  • Meanwhile, the ADP employment report indicated hiring growth among small, medium and large-sized companies.
  • Small businesses accounted for an increase of 16,000 of those jobs on a seasonally adjusted, month-over-month basis.
  • Whether small businesses can continue this hiring trend is up in the air.

Global Cybersecurity Solutions Provider, eSentire, Launches a New Technology Innovation Center in India

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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eSentire , Inc., the Authority in Managed Detection and Response (MDR), announced today the opening of its new Technology Innovation Center in India, under the legal entity eSentire India Private Limited.

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  • eSentire , Inc., the Authority in Managed Detection and Response (MDR), announced today the opening of its new Technology Innovation Center in India, under the legal entity eSentire India Private Limited.
  • The Innovation Center will extend eSentire’s global footprint and give eSentire access to a pool of exceptional engineering talent, with expertise in cybersecurity, generative AI and low-code orchestration and automation.
  • “India is a thriving ecosystem of cybersecurity talent, particularly in cloud security and generative AI,” said Dustin Hillard, Chief Technology Officer at eSentire.
  • The opening of eSentire’s Technology Innovation Center in India, follows its celebrated service expansion across the Middle East and demonstrates its commitment to not only hiring locally but continuing to protect businesses in the region with localized, compliant, 24/7 Managed Detection and Response cybersecurity services.

Cleveland-Cliffs Applauds DOE’s Final Transformer Efficiency Standard Rule

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE: CLF) today applauded the Department of Energy’s (DOE) final transformer efficiency standard rule that will provide for the continued utilization of Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel (GOES) in virtually all of Cliffs’ current distribution transformer end markets.

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  • Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE: CLF) today applauded the Department of Energy’s (DOE) final transformer efficiency standard rule that will provide for the continued utilization of Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel (GOES) in virtually all of Cliffs’ current distribution transformer end markets.
  • With this revised rule, the DOE acknowledged the fundamental importance of GOES and the essential role played by Cleveland-Cliffs steel plants in Butler, PA and Zanesville, OH in effectively sustaining the functionality of the U.S. electric grid.
  • Lourenco Goncalves, Cleveland-Cliffs’ Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer said, “We are grateful that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was open to the feedback provided by Cleveland-Cliffs and our clientele of transformer manufacturers, and adopted major changes to the originally proposed transformer efficiency rule.
  • The final rule ensures Cliffs’ ability to continue producing highly-efficient GOES in the United States.

UNITE HERE Local 11: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Hotel Figueroa Owner BGO and Operators Violated Los Angeles Hotel Worker Retention Law

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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Today, a laid-off cook, Maria Ibarra, filed a class action lawsuit alleging violations of Los Angeles’s Hotel Worker Retention Ordinance at the Hotel Figueroa where more than a hundred workers have lost their jobs.

Key Points: 
  • Today, a laid-off cook, Maria Ibarra, filed a class action lawsuit alleging violations of Los Angeles’s Hotel Worker Retention Ordinance at the Hotel Figueroa where more than a hundred workers have lost their jobs.
  • The Hotel Worker Retention Ordinance was enacted to address the problem of mass layoffs of hotel workers that have occurred historically when corporate ownership or management of a hotel changes.
  • I am filing this lawsuit to make sure our rights are respected,” said Maria Ibarra, the lead plaintiff, a former cook at Hotel Figueroa.
  • Ms. Ibarra and the putative class of affected Hotel Figueroa workers are represented by Lauren Teukolsky of Teukolsky Law and Jeremy Blasi in his individual capacity.

Energage Names Hispanic Cheese Makers- Nuestro Queso LLC A Winner of the 2024 Top Workplaces USA Today Award

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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Hispanic Cheese Makers- Nuestro Queso LLC has announced it has earned the 2024 Top Workplaces USA Today award, issued by Energage , a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces.

Key Points: 
  • Hispanic Cheese Makers- Nuestro Queso LLC has announced it has earned the 2024 Top Workplaces USA Today award, issued by Energage , a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces.
  • “Winning the 2024 Top Workplaces USA Today award is the result of the collective effort of our employees working together towards a common goal.
  • Top Workplaces USA Today celebrates organizations with 150 or more employees who have built great cultures.
  • Winners of the Top Workplaces USA Today list are chosen based solely on employee feedback gathered through an employee engagement survey, issued by Energage.

Harvard Business Review Analytic Services Survey Highlights Missed Opportunities for Those Without Tuition Assistance Benefits

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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Ninety-one percent agree that tuition assistance (TA) benefits programs can give organizations a competitive advantage by upskilling the workforce.

Key Points: 
  • Ninety-one percent agree that tuition assistance (TA) benefits programs can give organizations a competitive advantage by upskilling the workforce.
  • The survey also revealed that nearly 90% of business leadership agree that, for organizations in their industry, there is strategic value in offering tuition assistance benefits to employees.
  • Yet, despite this agreement, the survey highlights an inherent paradox and an opportunity for employers to gain a competitive advantage.
  • Eighty-five percent of the business leadership surveyed agree that the positive outcomes from offering tuition assistance benefits outweigh the costs of paying for employees’ education.

Avangrid Submits Multiple Proposals for Transformative New England Wind Projects to Regional Offshore Wind Solicitation

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today submitted multiple proposals for mature, transformative New England Wind projects to the Massachusetts-Connecticut-Rhode Island multi-state solicitation for offshore wind power.

Key Points: 
  • Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today submitted multiple proposals for mature, transformative New England Wind projects to the Massachusetts-Connecticut-Rhode Island multi-state solicitation for offshore wind power.
  • Avangrid submitted a bid for New England Wind 1, a second bid for New England Wind 1 and 2 combined, and additional bids for single-state procurements in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
  • “In powering up the first-in-the-nation Vineyard Wind 1 project, Avangrid proved that American offshore wind is possible.
  • New England Wind 1 will create more than 4,400 full-time equivalent jobs, and bring $3 billion of direct investment to the region.

SPEEA Wins Reinstatement for Seven Boeing Pilots in Labor Case

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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The Boeing Company violated federal labor law by retaliating against seven of its instructor pilots who had engaged in union activity, a federal administrative law judge ruled.

Key Points: 
  • The Boeing Company violated federal labor law by retaliating against seven of its instructor pilots who had engaged in union activity, a federal administrative law judge ruled.
  • “The ruling is a resounding win for our union-represented pilots,” said Ray Goforth, the executive director of SPEEA, IFPTE Local 2001, which represented the Boeing instructor pilots before their work was outsourced to third-party contractors.
  • These Flight Training Airplane (FTA) pilots, along with Flight Technical and Safety (FTS) pilots, make up the SPEEA Pilots and Instructors Unit (SPIU).
  • SPEEA represents more than 19,000 engineers, scientists, pilots and technical workers at Boeing in Washington, Kansas, California, Oregon and Utah and Spirit AeroSystems facilities in Kansas.

Dice Research Reveals Women in Tech Are More Likely to Seek New Opportunities Amid Pay Dissatisfaction

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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On average, women still earn about 71 cents on the dollar compared to men with the same education level , and pay dissatisfaction is a big factor in driving women in tech toward a different company.

Key Points: 
  • On average, women still earn about 71 cents on the dollar compared to men with the same education level , and pay dissatisfaction is a big factor in driving women in tech toward a different company.
  • Dice found that fewer women tech professionals reported receiving an increase in pay over the last year compared to men (52% vs. 56%, respectively).
  • Pay Gap Is Narrower in Tech, But Disparity — And Discrimination — Remains
    The 2024 Dice Tech Salary Report reveals that women tech professionals earn roughly $15,000 less annually on average compared to their counterparts (roughly $99,000 compared to $114,000, respectively).
  • Furthermore, highlighting opportunities for career growth and advancement can help address the disparity in tenure and experience between men and women tech professionals.

Ten Community-Based Collaboratives Recognized as Exemplars in Education with Grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Key Points: 
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    Profiles in Collective Leadership provides $200,000 grants for nonpartisan collaborations that serve as education and economic bridges in a range of communities across the country.
  • The collaboratives draw on the strengths of local government, education, nonprofit, business, and health care professionals to create career opportunities for young people and encourage civic participation.
  • The 10 recognized partnerships in 8 states will act as exemplars, sharing what they have learned with each other and with the public.
  • “At Carnegie Corporation of New York, we are gravely concerned by the growing polarization of American politics and society,” said Dame Louise Richardson , president of the philanthropic foundation.