WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. worker productivity increased moderately in the third quarter, resulting in only a gradual slowdown in labor costs that could cast a cloud over the inflation outlook. Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at a 2.2% annualized rate last quarter, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said on […]
An individual with connections to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is being investigated. Here’s what to know about how the furor began and what might happen next.
President Joe Biden called out Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, now a Republican megadonor and Trump campaign surrogate, for hypocrisy on immigration on Saturday, saying Musk launched his long career in the U.S. as an “illegal worker” before becoming the world’s wealthiest man. The president made these remarks at a campaign event to support […]
RENO, Nev. — One morning last month, Cari-Ann Burgess did something completely unremarkable: She made a quick stop at a coffee shop on her way to work. For Burgess, the top election official in a northern Nevada county, such outings could be precarious. As she waited for a hot tea and breakfast sandwich, an older […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As global temperatures continue to rise, countries in South Asia have experienced increasingly severe heat waves that pose unique challenges to workers—both indoors and outdoors—in the tropical belt. As early as April this year, many cities in India, including its capital, New Delhi, set record-breaking temperatures above 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Heat […]
Manufacturing jobs have some of the highest injury rates of any industry, often due to workers’ high levels of physical and mental fatigue. In an attempt to improve job sites, researchers have designed a system of wearable sensors that rely on machine learning to monitor workers for signs of physical strain and tiredness. In doing […]
The father of a Yellowstone National Park worker has revealed the haunting final words written by his son at the top of a Wyoming mountain summit the day he vanished. Austin King, 22, was last in contact with family on September 17 after reaching the summit of Eagle Peak in Wyoming — Yellowstone’s highest mountain […]
