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New data for March showed the ratio of job openings to the number of unemployed job seekers fell for the fourth consecutive month and hit the lowest level since October 2021. At roughly 1.64 to 1 the number remains far above the levels around 1.2 seen before the pandemic. In recent months the relationship between job openings and unemployment has kept that prospect alive. The number of estimated job openings has fallen from a peak of 12 million in March of 2022 to 9.59 million in March this year. The openings rate, expressed as a percentage of filled and available positions, has fallen from a high of 7.4 last spring to 5.8 in March.

The Democrat-led board in a 3-1 decision said it was reverting back to a decades-old "setting specific" test for determining when workers' abusive conduct is still protected by federal labor law. Lion claimed the worker's conduct was so offensive that the firing was warranted, but the board disagreed and ordered the company to reinstate him. In a statement, NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran said the General Motors decision broke with decades of court precedent and failed to adequately consider the rights of workers. The board since at least the 1970s had analyzed on a case-by-case basis whether offensive conduct made in the course of a workplace dispute is protected. The case is Lion Elastomers LLC, National Labor Relations Board, No.

☆ An AI recruiter may be choosing if you get your job — and people aren't happy about it
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Aaron Mok | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Companies like Goldman Sachs and Unilever have used AI tools in their recruitment efforts. 66% of American adults don't want to apply for a job that uses AI to hire, per a Pew Research Center study. Companies are using AI to make hiring decisions — and many Americans aren't happy about that, according to a recent study from the Pew Research Center. Companies have been using AI to help vet job applicants at varying levels of success. 32% of the survey respondents think using AI to hire is actually a good idea.

☆ Harry Belafonte, calypso star and civil rights champion, dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Alex Johnson | Diana Dasrath | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Singer Harry Belafonte speaks during a press junket at The Bing Decision Maker Series with the Sing Your Song Cast and Filmmakers on January 22, 2011 in Park City, Utah. American singer Harry Belafonte performing in a recording studio, circa 1957. By the early 1960s, Belafonte had become a force in the civil rights movement. A crowd of over 10,000 civil rights marchers gathers in the Manhattan Garment Center as Harry Belafonte sings at spiritual at a civil rights rally. A capacity audience of civil rights advocates turned out to watch a glittering array of theater personalities perform.

☆ Mental-health apps have a dark secret — and it raises important questions about the future of online therapy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Hallam Bullock | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In a video posted by Vice, Clarke addressed Clearlink's return-to-office mandate and said that many of his remote workers didn't open their laptops for a month. Online therapy fills a critical need — but it has a dark side. The data Loris used to create its "empathetic" software was generated from text conversations with people in distress, sourced from Loris' parent company, Crisis Text Line, a nonprofit suicide-prevention hotline. That is, however, according to Musk, who told Tucker Carlson that the two tech billionaires disagreed on safety and regulation. The real reason bosses are freaked out by remote work: they think it's for "sissies."

Postal Service for alleged religious discrimination is set for U.S. Supreme Court review on April 18, poses in an undated handout image taken at an unknown location. Postal Service over his refusal to work on Sundays gives the Supreme Court another chance to widen religious rights but also has led to a debate over whether religious people are more legally deserving than others to weekend days off from work. The court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, has a track record of expanding religious rights in recent years, often siding with Christian plaintiffs. The Postal Service in 2013, in a bid to remain profitable, contracted with Amazon.com to deliver packages, including on Sundays. His absences caused tension among other carriers who had to cover his shifts, the Postal Service said.

☆ Starbucks new CEO wants senior leaders to work in stores. Every leader should follow suit.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Former Walmart CEO Greg Foran used to visit stores every week to observe factors like customer service, inventory levels, in-stock levels, and assortment. Fewer retail CEOs got their start working in storesLowe's CEO Marvin Ellison started his retail career as a Target security guard. Others went through management-training programs operated by department stores. As department stores started facing stiff competition from specialty stores, they scrambled to cut costs. These days, finding a qualified retail CEO seems like one of the hardest jobs to fill, with many companies looking outside the retail industry.

☆ Here's why people shouldn't freak out yet about losing their jobs to AI automation
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As AI tools revolutionize business, workers are worried they're at risk of losing their jobs. "We've been deploying automation technology for centuries, and as of 2023, pretty much every human who wants a job has a job," Smith wrote. Yet Noah Smith, the writer behind the popular Noahpinion economics newsletter, contended in a post on Monday that people shouldn't worry about losing their jobs to automation just yet. In his post, Smith examined several studies on job automation over the years from researchers at firms ranging from Citibank to PriceWaterHouseCoopers. Assessing "replacement" is often subjectiveSmith also pointed the subjectivity used in older studies for assessing a job's risk of replacement.

☆ A worker's leg had to be amputated after he fell into an industrial blender, the labor department says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A worker in Ohio fell into an industrial blender and had to have his leg amputated, the DOL said. Following an investigation, the OSHA proposed penalties of $1.9 million for Zwanenberg Food Group. OSHA said cleaning staff weren't trained on how to ensure equipment was isolated during maintenance. The DOL said staff weren't trained to lock the equipment prior to cleaning so it didn't move during maintenance. Cleaning staff weren't given information about wearing appropriate eye protection and weren't trained on how to ensure equipment was isolated, OSHA found.

☆ Work-Life Balance Is Harder to Find Thanks to Pandemic and Office Mandates
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

The insidious creep of job burnout was inescapable when I spoke with more than a dozen ambitious midcareer women for an article last winter. While work friendships can stifle loneliness, the centrality of a job in American social life does not bode particularly well for Americans' work-life balance. For those who've put all their eggs in the proverbial basket of their job, Koretz said, these times of transition can trigger a kind of identity crisis. The idea is that you just work and work and work and work and work. Workers can also take small steps toward improving their work-life balance by setting aside time each day and each week for nonwork priorities.

☆ Starbucks' new CEO plans to spend time working at his company's coffee shops. Here's why every retail leader should take a shift on the sales floor.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Former Walmart CEO Greg Foran used to visit stores every week to observe factors like customer service, inventory levels, in-stock levels, and assortment. Fewer retail CEOs got their start working in storesLowe's CEO Marvin Ellison started his retail career as a Target security guard. David Swanson/ReutersOf course, times have changed — in the past, many retail CEOs got their start at the store level. As department stores started facing stiff competition from specialty stores, they scrambled to cut costs. These days, finding a qualified retail CEO seems like one of the hardest jobs to fill, with many companies looking outside the retail industry.

☆ Why you may be subsidizing a co-worker's 401(k) fees
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Workers who participate in a company 401(k) plan pay fees for a host of associated services. But based on how your employer structures its retirement plan, you may unknowingly be subsidizing colleagues' 401(k) fees. The dynamic is a function of the investments you choose and how the 401(k) plan pays costs for administrative expenses. The overall cost of those funds may include a "revenue-sharing" fee (also known as a 12b-1 fee, a distribution fee or shareholder services fee, for example). The fund manager collects this fee and then passes it along to the 401(k) plan's administrator.

☆ A woman left her AirPods on a plane and tracked them down to an airport worker's home, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A passenger left her Apple AirPods on a plane after landing in San Francisco from Tokyo. Alisabeth Hayden told CNN a police officer helped her trace the AirPods to an airport worker's home. Shortly after getting off the plane on a layover at San Francisco International Airport, she realized she'd left her jacket behind. Hayden told CNN she enlisted the help of a detective at San Mateo police force who was working at SFO. She told CNN United gave her $271 and 5,000 air miles after complaining about the condition of the headphones.

☆ 'I'd really prefer it if he stayed out of our way': Starbucks union organizers lash out at CEO's promise to work behind the counter
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Starbucks' new CEO Laxman Narasimhan announced he'll spend a half-day every month pulling coffees. Seven Starbucks stores announced they have begun the unionization process Thursday. During the annual Starbucks shareholder meeting Thursday, Starbucks Workers United announced seven new stores had filed for union elections. Workers at those stores said they hope the move shows that the labor movement at Starbucks isn't lost on Middle America. "Union Starbucks partners are here to stay."

☆ Deel Speed: The inside story of a $12 billion HR startup's breakneck growth
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

Insider spoke with more than 30 current or former Deel workers about the HR company's extraordinary rise, and the unconventional tactics that made it possible. "I think if you talk to anyone, they would say that Alex is the face but all decisions run through Phillipe," one former Deel worker told Insider. "They lose every employment and labor protection," Valerio De Stefano, a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, said of independent contractors. Alex Bouaziz, Deel on Centre Stage during day two of Collision 2022 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. The company didn't have an internal human-resources team until sometime in 2021, by which point it had grown to hundreds of people.

☆ South Korea tried to push an almost 70-hour work week, but was forced to rethink after millennials and Gen Z protested
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

South Korea is rethinking a 69-hour work week proposal after millennials and Gen Z protested. At present, companies must limit overtime work to 12 hours per week, according to measures introduced in 2018 by Yoon's predecessor. South Korea is infamous for its long working hours, with the average citizen working for 1,915 hours in 2021, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Many Korean workers have lost their lives to "Gwarosa" — a Korean word for death by overwork, as the country's working hours exceed the average across the world. "Workers should be allowed to work 120 hours a week and then take a good rest," he said, per the Korea Times.

☆ Kim Jong Un's daughter was a mystery for years, but now she's showing up at North Korea's biggest missile tests
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

For years, Kim Jong Un's daughter — Kim Ju Ae — was a mystery to the world. But in late 2022 state media began showing photos of her at North Korean military events. Photographs released by state media after the launch appear to show the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, watching with a girl who has been identified by analysts and experts as his daughter, Kim Ju Ae. This photo provided on Nov. 19, 2022, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and his daughter inspecting a missile at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with his daughter, inspects what it says is an artillery drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea, Thursday, March 9, 2023.

An Insider review found that his company has sold to foreign governments, including a $228 million dollar contract. What Mills didn't advertise was Pacem's munitions contracts with foreign governments. The company's chief legal officer Joseph Schmitz said all of Pacem's foreign munitions sales are approved by the Department of State. Mills's influence over American military spending while having ties to a munitions company poses the potential for conflicts of interest, an ethics watchdog said. In Congress, Mills sits on the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees, which oversee military spending and foreign weapons sales.

☆ Artificial intelligence will replace work jerks. People skills will become more important.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She turned into a hologram to see what the future of work might look like. When dealing with a difficult manager, it's important to identify what they hold true or what speaks to their values. That coworker who's brilliant — but a horrible person — better watch out. Employees will find out within the next 30 days whether they need to return to the office, per a leaked email. A leaked email shows Amazon has been working behind the scenes on AI.

Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that Bayada Home Health Care Inc did not violate federal wage law by docking salaried employees' paid time off, or PTO, when they did not work required weekly hours. The case marked the first time that a U.S. appeals court was asked whether paid time off counts as part of an employee's salary. The question is important because salaried workers can become eligible for overtime pay if employers make deductions from their wages. A group of Bayada employees, including nurses, physical therapists and social workers, sued the company in Scranton, Pennsylvania federal court in 2016. Circuit Court of Appeals, No.

☆ Overworking can be contagious. Here are 3 tips for keeping up with a workaholic colleague without burning out, according to a careers expert.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Overworking is contagious, according to Melody Wilding, an executive coach and author. Having a workaholic as a colleague can make employees feel like it is impossible to keep up. Here are three tips for working with a workaholic colleague without becoming one yourself. "Setting these expectations is really important with the workaholic because it's about not feeling pressure to keep up," she said. Find out what's important for youAttempting to keep up with a workaholic is a losing battle, Wilding said.

☆ 6 ways to support a colleague after a layoff and exactly what you should say if you want to reach out
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Dylan Essertier | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Carrie Skowronski is a workplace communication expert who says there's a right way to reach out to a laid off colleague. To show your support, reach out, follow up via email or text, and tap into a shared experience if you have one. Don't assume you know how they feelIt's incredibly difficult to predict how people will react to the shock of job loss. To be a continuous source of support for your colleague, Skowronski suggested shooting them a brief check-in message, such as:"Hey there! You may not have all of the answers that someone's looking for after their job loss, but your genuine support can go a long way.

☆ A Twitter engineer says the company is 'like a building where all the pieces are on fire'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Twitter engineer told the BBC that the company is "like a building where all the pieces are on fire." "There are so many things broken and there's nobody taking care of it," the engineer told the BBC. "When you look at it from the outside, the façade looks fine, but I can see that nothing is working," the engineer said. Twitter's layoffs have resulted in an extensive reorganization of remaining workers, the engineer told the BBC. "There are so many things broken and there's nobody taking care of it," the engineer told the BBC.

☆ Here's how much the typical worker makes at 19 retail companies, from Amazon to Walmart
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

SEC rules require publicly traded companies to disclose their workers' median annual pay. Here's what the median worker gets paid at 19 retail companies, from lowest to highest. Ever since Amazon set its minimum wage to $15 in 2018, more retailers have followed suit by offering starting wages worth more than double the national minimum wage of $7.25. Rules following the financial crisis of 2008 require public companies to calculate their median worker's annual salary in order to compare it to the CEO's compensation. Scroll through below to see where 19 of the largest companies rank, from lowest to highest annual pay.

☆ I've helped hundreds of people land 6-figure salaries. These 5 job interview phrases got them hired 'on the spot'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Natalie Fisher | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Example: Don't say: "I'm an excellent communicator." What to say instead: "In the past, I've been noticed for getting team members to communicate more efficiently. Example: Don't say: "I'm good in a crisis." Example: Don't say: "People feel comfortable around me." What to say instead: "I've developed a reputation of being a great boss, thanks to my collaboration skills.

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