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Thanks to one of the tightest labor markets in decades, they have more sway than ever, with an array of jobs to choose from at ever higher wages.

As a young boy, Fred Wright volunteered at Ebony Horsewomen Equestrian and Therapeutic Center in Hartford. “I was a troubled youth in school, pretty much the barn saved my life,” Fred Wright of Hartford said. Later as a teen, Wright was hired as an employee at the Ebony Horsewomen through the Connecticut Youth Employment Program.  “It definitely helped us...

The state Youth Employment Program is accepting applications for people between the ages of 14 and 24. The program helps place employees in a wide range of jobs.

“If the intent of surveillance is to control … then the entire basis of remote working is lost,” says Randstad’s managing director for Singapore and Malaysia.

Company values are increasingly important to employees, and can be deciding factors for those considering quitting or choosing a new job, LinkedIn says.

A 2022 study from Pew Research Center showed U.S. women earned on average 82% of what men earn, a mere 2% increase from 2002. Drilling into that, we can see how different groups of women are impacted differently by the pay gap.

Home Depot says it’s investing $1 billion in wage increases for its U.S. and Canadian hourly workers.

Jeff Cochran, Partner at Shapiro Negotiations Institute, explained how to use the acronym “PAID”.

‘Quiet quitting,’ an anti-hustle culture trend, gained momentum in 2022. This year, ‘quiet hiring’ has become the latest workplace buzzword.

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 187,000 in January, according to Dow Jones estimates.

Processed meat company Oscar Mayer is looking for employees

Americans across the country are likely familiar with the unmistakable “Wienermobile”, serving as a long-time moving advertisement for Oscar Mayer, one of the nation’s most recognized hot dog brands.

Nearly half (46%) of U.S. workers plan to look for a new job in the next six months, human resource consulting firm Robert Half reports.

If you get paid biweekly as a W-2 employee, there are usually two months out of the year when you will receive three paychecks instead of two.

Hannah Williams, 26, quit her job as a data analyst in April to focus on Salary Transparent Street, a viral TikTok series about pay transparency.

All of these companies offer full-time or part-time remote jobs that don’t have a location restriction and require no time in the office, FlexJobs reports.

The U.S. uses an at-will employment system, giving employers the power to fire or let go of employees without reason.

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 205,000 in October, according to Dow Jones estimates.

Unemployment numbers are still low, but according to CNBC, recent surveys show as many as half of large employers are thinking about cutting jobs in 2023 as the economy is expected to slow. In fact, we’re already seeing people being laid off from their jobs in certain industries, like tech. If you suddenly find yourself with a pink slip, figuring…

UConn Health and the Connecticut NAACP are working together to help those formerly incarcerated find jobs.