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Quick commerce is rocketing. So, are kiranas on the way out?
6 days, 17 hours ago

Quick commerce is rocketing. So, are kiranas on the way out?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In little more than a couple of years, quick commerce has turned into the great hope of India’s startup landscape. As of 2023-24, according to data compiled by the National Sample Survey, there were around 22.8 million ‘unincorporated’ establishments conducting some sort of trade. Quick economics Ultimately, the ‘decline’ of kiranas may have come about from a combination …

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How many people work for the federal government?
3 weeks, 5 days ago

How many people work for the federal government?

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. Close to 3 million federal civilian workers for decades There were about 2.96 million civilians, including postal workers, getting full-time paychecks from the federal government at the end of 1984, before Ramaswamy was born, and there are a hair over 3 million working for the federal government today, according …

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Trump re-works campaign committee to allow him to fundraise without reelection push: CNN
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump re-works campaign committee to allow him to fundraise without reelection push: CNN

Raw Story  

Under the constitution, Donald Trump's presidency has to end after the completion of his second term in office, meaning he cannot fundraise for a reelection campaign. CNN's David Wright on Tuesday noted a shift in Trump's campaign into a leadership political action committee. The new group is called "Never Surrender PAC," a key slogan from Trump's presidential campaign that referred …

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Port Workers Celebrate 40 Years of Transformation at Ningbo Port Museum
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Port Workers Celebrate 40 Years of Transformation at Ningbo Port Museum

China Daily  

The article celebrates the contributions of three key port workers who have shaped Ningbo Zhoushan Port's global legacy. The event traced the port's history from its humble beginnings to its current status as a world-class facility, highlighting the collaborative efforts and unwavering dedication of the workers who have contributed to its growth.

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The Biden administration has now canceled loans for more than 1 million public workers
2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Biden administration has now canceled loans for more than 1 million public workers

The Independent  

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Long Beach hotel fined $4.8 million for failing to rehire workers laid off during COVID-19 shutdown
1 year, 2 months ago

Long Beach hotel fined $4.8 million for failing to rehire workers laid off during COVID-19 shutdown

LA Times  

California Labor Commissioner Lilia García-Brower, shown speaking at a news conference, fined the Hyatt Regency Long Beach for failing to rehire 25 employees laid off during COVID-19 shutdowns when the jobs became available again. California’s labor commissioner on Tuesday ordered the Hyatt Regency Long Beach to pay nearly $4.8 million in fines for failing to offer jobs to workers who …

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What happens if the government shuts down?
1 year, 3 months ago

What happens if the government shuts down?

Raw Story  

This article was originally published by The 19th. Congress has until October 1 to pass a spending package for the 2024 fiscal year or the federal government will shut down, triggering furloughs that could affect as many as a million federal workers and have economic impacts across the country. The White House said last week that a government shutdown would, …

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Column: Businesses keep complaining about shoplifting, but wage theft is a bigger crime
1 year, 4 months ago

Column: Businesses keep complaining about shoplifting, but wage theft is a bigger crime

LA Times  

A flash robbery caught in progress at a Nordstrom store in Canoga Park this month. Former Home Depot Chief Executive Bob Nardelli went on Fox Business the other day to warn that a surge in shoplifting by organized gangs showed that America was descending into “a lawless society.” “We’ve got to get this back under control,” Nardelli intoned gloomily, after …

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Trump tax favors for big business lead to growth — of jobs paying $3 million a week
2 years, 2 months ago

Trump tax favors for big business lead to growth — of jobs paying $3 million a week

Raw Story  

Last year the 237,000 highest paid employees in America together made more money than the lowest paid 60 million workers, my analysis of the latest federal wage statistics shows. Last year alone, however, the number of Executive Class jobs grew 95 times faster than jobs overall, my analysis of the latest Social Security Wage Statistics report shows. Last year the …

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Shandong sees improvements in employment, social security
2 years, 3 months ago

Shandong sees improvements in employment, social security

China Daily  

Employees work on the production line of a foreign-funded electronics manufacturing company in Rongcheng, Shandong province. Shandong province has made unremitting efforts over the past decade to improve employment and social security. Officials from Shandong stated during a news conference on Oct 8 that Shandong adheres to the people-centered development ideology, places a high value on employment and social security, …

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India created 8 million frontline jobs in FY 2022:Report
2 years, 3 months ago

India created 8 million frontline jobs in FY 2022:Report

Live Mint  

With the Indian economy returning back to normal and with consumption levels at an all-time high, the country has seen rapid growth in the demand for frontline workers. In FY 2022, 8 million frontline jobs were created in India as per BetterPlace’s Frontline Index Report 2022. With rising retail consumption in a post-pandemic economy, Q2 of FY 2022 saw a …

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Softer demand? US job openings fall in June to 9-month low
2 years, 5 months ago

Softer demand? US job openings fall in June to 9-month low

Al Jazeera  

Job openings in the United States fell by 605,000 to 10.7 million in June, a larger decline than expected. US job vacancies fell in June to their lowest level in nine months, suggesting that labour market tightness may be loosening up a bit amid mounting economic challenges. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, released by the US …

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Almost half the workforce in NL have a part-time job
2 years, 5 months ago

Almost half the workforce in NL have a part-time job

Dutch News  

The Netherlands may have a record 9.4 million people in work at present, but one third of them work no more than 20 hours a week, and almost half work less than 38 hours, news website Nu.nl reported on Monday. In total, 4.9 million people in the Netherlands work full time and 4.5 million work less, Nu.nl said, based on …

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With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka keeps schools closed
2 years, 6 months ago

With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka keeps schools closed

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Sunday extended school closures for one week because there isn’t enough fuel for teachers and parents to get children to classrooms, and the energy minister appealed to the country’s expatriates to send money home through banks to finance new oil purchases. Wijesekera said that Sri Lanka owed about $800 million to seven …

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Hochul budget would boost school aid, offer tax relief
2 years, 11 months ago

Hochul budget would boost school aid, offer tax relief

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York would boost state school aid, provide sweeping property tax relief and deliver bonuses to health care workers over the next year if lawmakers pass a $216.3 billion budget outlined by Gov. New York raised taxes on high earners and corporations last year with plans to use millions in new tax revenues to keep increasing the …

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Biden Lays Out Plan To Mandate Vaccines Or Testing For Millions Of Workers
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden Lays Out Plan To Mandate Vaccines Or Testing For Millions Of Workers

NPR  

Biden Lays Out Plan To Mandate Vaccines Or Testing For Millions Of Workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Biden on Thursday unveiled a series of steps to combat the newly surging pandemic, including the announcement of a forthcoming federal rule that all businesses with 100 or more employees have …

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Australia administers 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, well short of initial targets
3 years, 8 months ago

Australia administers 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, well short of initial targets

ABC  

This week Australia passed the milestone of administering 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The rollout is in phase 1a and phase 1b of the federal government's rollout plan, which includes vaccinating: Quarantine and border workers and their household contacts Quarantine and border workers and their household contacts Frontline health care workers Frontline health care workers Aged care and …

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Pfizer's Covid vaccine first to get approval in Japan ahead of Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 10 months ago

Pfizer's Covid vaccine first to get approval in Japan ahead of Tokyo Olympics

India Today  

Japan on Sunday formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the US and many other countries. The announcement comes after a government panel on Friday confirmed that final results of clinical testing done in Japan showed that the vaccine had an efficacy similar to what overseas tests showed. Many …

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The coronavirus pandemic is still going strong. But there’s hope on the horizon
3 years, 11 months ago

The coronavirus pandemic is still going strong. But there’s hope on the horizon

CNN  

CNN — Despite a year of pandemic-driven social isolation and pain, in which we lost hundreds of thousands of lives, there are encouraging signs on the horizon. “Right now, cases are trending down, hospitalizations finally have fallen below 100,000, vaccinations are picking up speed, all of this is great,” CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen said last week.“There are reasons …

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FDA authorises Moderna’s COVID vaccine for emergency use
4 years ago

FDA authorises Moderna’s COVID vaccine for emergency use

Al Jazeera  

The United States says about 5.9 million doses of the Moderna vaccine are ready to be shipped this weekend. The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for millions of doses to be shipped across the country as early as this weekend. The FDA’s announcement on Friday came a …

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China says will vaccinate 'key groups' over winter, spring
4 years ago

China says will vaccinate 'key groups' over winter, spring

India Today  

China will focus first on vaccinating high-risk groups over the winter and spring before widening the inoculation to the general public, a senior health official said on Saturday. China has included two candidate vaccines from Sinopharm and one from Sinovac Biotech Ltd in an emergency-use programme launched in July, targeting specific high-infection risk groups such as medical workers and border …

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When can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?
4 years ago

When can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?

LA Times  

The vaccine is here. After the long, grim slog of 2020, seeing healthcare workers start to receive the vaccine feels like witnessing a miracle. The highest-priority people within that group — front-line medical workers with direct exposure to the coronavirus — began receiving their first doses in mid-December. California expects to give the first dose of the vaccine to all …

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Farm worker shortage expected to worsen as industry body says 26,000 workers needed nationwide by March
4 years ago

Farm worker shortage expected to worsen as industry body says 26,000 workers needed nationwide by March

ABC  

Farmers have blamed a lack of international farm workers for crop losses of more than $22 million as fruit and vegetables continue to rot in fields. Key points: Crop losses are being reported on the National Crop Loss Register The losses are expected to grow as Australia's agricultural workforce is expected to decline into next year Farmers and industry groups …

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Watch: Patients Play ‘Garba’ with Health Workers at Mumbai Covid Center
4 years, 2 months ago

Watch: Patients Play ‘Garba’ with Health Workers at Mumbai Covid Center

News 18  

As India entered the festive season with the onset of Durga Puja, soon to be followed by Dussehra and Diwali will mostly be a muted affair due to various restrictions in place amid the Coronavirus pandemic scare. However, healthcare workers and patients at a Covid-19 care centre in Mumbai performed ‘Garba’ to banish some blues. Few patients and healthcare workers …

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