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Albany lawmakers close loophole that left some farms out of overtime tax credit
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo Finance· 3 hours agoJun. 9—ALBANY — The state legislature approved a bill last week that closes a loophole in the farm worker overtime tax credit program that helps farms cover extra payroll ...
Local food systems need to prioritize job quality alongside ethical food production - EconoTimes
EconoTimes· 5 days agoRecent research questions the assumption that any alternative to industrial labour practices are...
‘Not enough beds’ A look at the farmworker housing crisis in eastern Washington
Bellingham Herald mcclatchy via Yahoo News· 7 days ago“If we can’t get affordable housing and if we can’t keep H-2A labor costs in check, both of those...
Non-Farm Payrolls Mislead: The Labor Market Is Weakening; Inflation Is Falling
Forbes· 3 days agoThe big economic news of the week was the +272K rise in Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) (released on Friday, June 7). Another data point upsetting markets (and likely the Fed) was ...
Labor Heats Up Again: Jobs +272K, Unemployment +4.0%
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoResults from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for May are well beyond projections: 272K new non-farm jobs were filled last month, far more than the...
Job growth spiked but unemployment also ticked up. What gives?
Deseret News via Yahoo Finance· 2 days ago“Not only has jobs growth exploded again, but wage growth has also surprised to the upside, both...
Labor outlook for college and high school graduates this year
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 3 days agoCollege and high school seniors graduating this year will be entering a slightly weaker labor market...
Mexican Truck Drivers Sue Over Misclassification as Farmworkers
Bloomberg Law· 3 days agoA group of Mexican truck drivers is accusing a California farm labor contractor of deliberately misclassifying them as field laborers in order to avoid ...
Farm switches from American workers to migrants
Newsweek· 3 days agoA Vermont dairy farm owner said that her business is excelling due to the hiring of numerous migrant workers. The 160-year-old Sprague Ranch in...
Why Do Economists Think Jobs Report Could Delay Fed Rate Cuts?
RTT News· 2 days agoNon-farm payroll employment surged by 272,000 jobs in May, data from the Labor Department showed Friday. Economists had forecast employment growth of about ...