Temp jobs drop may foreshadow slowing employment growth - USA TODAY
WEBJul 8, 2024 · Since peaking at a record 3.2 million jobs in April 2022, temporary help services have lost 515,000 positions, or 16% of the total, more than any other sector. They’ve shed jobs 26 of the past 27...
Temp jobs are declining. That's good news for the labor market ...
WEBJan 2, 2024 · One sector we’ll be keeping an eye on is temporary help services — the industry that helps place workers in temp jobs. The sector lost 13,600 jobs in November, down 5.7% from the year before....
Americans are suddenly finding it harder to land a job - CNN
WEBJul 8, 2024 · Since 2022, the temporary help sector has added jobs in only four months. Still, the drop-off in June is the biggest since April 2021. The sharp decline in temporary help may be a sign that...
Expanding Temporary Work Visas: Congress' New Efforts Explained
WEBThe Biden administration has steadily increased the number of visas available for temporary foreign workers as seasonal industries like landscaping, seafood processing, and hospitality clamored for help to solve worsening labor gaps.
Declines in temporary employment signal possible trouble for …
WEBJan 10, 2024 · American businesses are shedding temporary workers, a sign that a robust US jobs market may be weakening and the odds of a soft landing for the economy may be diminishing. While the overall US workforce added 216,000 jobs in December 2023, the number of temporary workers fell by 33,300.
Companies Are Using Fewer Temp Workers, but That Doesn’t …
WEBSep 1, 2023 · Wages are outpacing inflation, driven largely by pay gains for low-income workers. Those gains have helped close the gap between blue- and white-collar workers. WSJ explains what’s driving the...
Temporary Help Keeps Falling, Bucking Overall US Jobs Growth
WEBSep 1, 2023 · The number of people employed at US temporary help services fell by 18,900 workers from a month earlier, continuing a downward trend, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday...
Work visas: Biden made it easier to get them. Here’s why foreign ...
WEBJun 23, 2021 · What are the current visa rules for foreign workers? The White House this spring didn’t renew a Trump administration ban on H-1B and other temporary work-based visas. The decision opened the...
U.S. Temporary Foreign Worker Visa Programs
WEBMar 26, 2020 · These workforce programs have been troubled by pushback from domestic labor groups, an influx of undocumented immigrants, poor enforcement of work visa restrictions, and concerns about treatment...
U.S. to Provide 35,000 More Seasonal Worker Visas - The New York Times
WEBMar 31, 2022 · WASHINGTON — The Biden administration, responding to an increasing demand for temporary workers, announced on Thursday that it would make an additional 35,000 seasonal worker visas available for...