Both Home Depot and Sprouts Farmers Market are among several companies making a push for
workers in a tight labor market.
Not exact matches
In today's
tight labor market, replacing
workers with industrial robots or customer service kiosks, for example, is strongly tempting.
With the
labor market tighter than it has been
in decades,
workers who've been yearning to change jobs finally have their moment.
Some experts question whether the ACA's employer mandate makes much, if any, difference when there's a solid business case for providing health care: With unemployment low and the
labor market tight, benefits give employers an advantage
in recruiting and retaining the best
workers.
In a
tight labor market, creating a climate attractive to older
workers is essential, says Lydia Greene, chief human resources officer for Tufts Health Plan.
Allowing wages to continue to rise should,
in the longer run, boost productivity growth because businesses will be incentivized to find ways to improve the productivity of their
workers in the face of
tighter labor markets and higher
labor costs.
This series is at a recent high, reflecting that
in a
tight labor market more potential
workers are being drawn into the workforce.
«Companies are increasingly embracing gig
workers, and even robots,
in their overall workforce to address the increasingly
tight labor market in the U.S. and around the world,» said Rebecca Henderson, CEO of Randstad Sourceright.
Payrolls grew by 200,000 last month and hourly earnings were up 2.9 percent
in a sign that American
workers were benefiting from a
tight labor market.
A change
in immigration policy that would welcome
workers in the caregiving and healthcare professions also could help to alleviate the issue of the
tight labor markets for this industry and should be given consideration
in Washington.