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☆ Remote job options are dwindling
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The following chart shows select industries and which ones among them have the highest share of establishments where people teleworked all the time. BLS data shows the information sector had a relatively high share of establishments where workers worked remotely all the time, at 42.2%. While remote options may seem to be dwindling, some experts Insider talked to say that remote work is going to continue to be prevalent. "Remote work has been a huge and permanent change to how people work and live," Adam Ozimek, chief economist at the Economic Innovation Group, told Insider. Have you had to choose between returning to the office or losing your job?

☆ Remote work hasn't actually saved Americans much time — they're mainly just working more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Not having to commute could mean getting to partake in leisure activities — or more time to get work done. A working paper looked at how people working from home are using their time saved by not commuting. In the US, 23 minutes of this time saved goes to jobs, 19 minutes on leisure, and four minutes on caregiving. Looking at just the results for these wealthy democracies, the US stands out for its lack of minutes saved. This isn't just the case for remote workers in the US; other countries like France also saw workers using most of their saved time on work.

☆ Remote work is a desirable option for many employees. Here are 3 tips to establishing a virtual workplace, according to small-business owners.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

BI GraphicsMany employees don't want to lose remote work now that pandemic restrictions are easing. Establishing a remote office requires a healthy workplace culture, entrepreneurs told Insider. Here are three tips for small-business owners who want to establish a successful virtual workplace, according to two entrepreneurs. Open communication through digital tools is keyWhen Cortex's cofounders went remote, Albrechtsen wanted to create a culture of open communication. "If you treat your employees like crap or treat them transactionally, it's going to become transactional when you go remote," Connors said.

☆ Premarket stocks: White-collar workers are feeling the brunt of the Fed's rate hikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Stocks fell sharply as investors evaluated the report, which showed more jobs than expected were added to the US economy and indicated that more pain-inflicting interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve lie ahead. White-collar office workers appear to be feeling the brunt of the Fed’s actions: The financial and business sector saw a large decline in employment last month. What’s happening: The US economy added 263,000 jobs in September, higher than analyst estimates of 250,000. Business support services — such as telemarketing, accounting and administrative and clerical jobs — are also bleeding jobs. Meanwhile, legal services lost 5,000 jobs, and advertising services also dropped 5,000 jobs.

☆ Some jobs won't recover from the pandemic recession. It could be a good thing for workers.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Ben Winck | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The US is back to record-high employment, but the labor market looks nothing like it did in early 2020. For starters, many in-person service sectors are still struggling to get back to the employment levels seen before the pandemic. Transit and ground passenger transportation, which includes school buses and public transit, is also still not back to pre-pandemic employment either. "I think overall, accommodation and the broader leisure and hospitality industry will return to pre-pandemic employment levels," Zhao said. The changing labor market could be good for workersThe labor market shakeup isn't necessarily a bad thing.

☆ Transgender TikTok creators say the app's mysterious 'For You' page is a breeding ground for transphobia and targeted harassment
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-27 | by ( Connor Perrett | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

Brickham, a 38-year-old trans woman living in Florida, posted photos of her transition after seeing other trans creators do the same. But transgender creators say TikTok is an unwitting accelerator for transphobia and harassment. TikTok features — like duets, which allow users to respond to another user's videos — have also been a tool for harassers. Trans creators told Insider that the "For You" page allowed them to quickly find a community and support on the app. Creators told Insider that the transphobia they faced on TikTok was more intense than on other social-media platforms.

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