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Looming Child Care Crisis Threatens Parents in The Workforce

Allwork

The percentage of working mothers with young children has reached historic levels, surpassing the labor participation growth of other working-age women since 2020. In contrast, kindergarten and elementary school teachers earned approximately $61,620 last year, revealing the wage disparity in the education sector.

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Organisations routinely undervalue and overlook talent of older workers

Workplace Insight

People aged 45-64 accounted for 40 percent of the OECD workforce as of 2020, compared to only 28 percent in 1990, representing a growing share of the available talent pipeline. Regardless of education attainment level, more than half of job seekers (53-54 percent) said the job search is difficult, with age cited as the most common barrier.

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The Great Rebalance: Why Losing Female Employees Hurts Everyone

Allwork

According to The National Women’s Law Center and CNBC, “there are still 656,000 fewer women working or actively seeking a new job now compared to February 2020 — a marked improvement from April, when close to one million women were still missing from the labor force.” .

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The Intuit 2020 Report - 20 Trends for the Next Decade

Small Business Labs

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses?   This report is the first in a series of Intuit 2020 research and forecast reports. 

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

Through her work, Arrington is breaking cycles of incarceration and creating pathways to college education and careers for historically underserved communities. She’s also involved in educating the next generation of women entering the medical field through her role as the CEO and founder of Women STEM Mentorship. Marie Feagins, Ed.D.

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Summing up where the office now stands in the scheme of things

Workplace Insight

These include high income men in their 30s and 40s who not coincidentally are also those most likely to work for profitable companies who are inevitably those most likely to be introducing remote work policies. In the UK, according to ONS data, before the pandemic, only 6 percent of female workers and 4 percent of men always worked from home.

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The Workforce is on the Move…and so is Compensation

Bonnie Low Kramen

Make no mistake – a workplace revolution is happening right now and these types of conversations, decisions, and new policies are being formulated right now. The truth is, that even before the Covid-19 pandemic that sent thousands home to create in-home offices in March 2020, the workplace was already – quite literally – in motion.

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