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New California Law Protects Warehouse Workers At Companies Like Amazon, Supporters Say
COMP News - California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new bill that will protect warehouse workers by improving workplace conditions for them. Companies will have 30 days from the day an employee is hired to provide them with a quota they expect them to meet. In...
Target Holiday Season Preps Include More Working Hours
COMP NEWS - In preparation for the upcoming holiday season, Target has taken action to ensure they have enough workers to accommodate the increase in demand. Target has announced that they are going to add five million more work hours for their existing employees for...
Apple Store Workers Are Getting Bonuses Of Up To $1,000 In A Rare Offering
COMP NEWS - Apple employees are getting bonuses of up to $1000 this holiday season, depending on when they were hired. The iPhone maker will give $1,000 to retail staff hired before March 31, while anyone who joined after that date will receive $500, according to...
2022 Salary Increases Look to Trail Inflation
COMP NEWS - With yearly inflation rising 8.3 percent from August 2020 to August 2021 (the highest rise on record according to the DOL since 2010), the question many employees are asking and quickly finding out is “Is my salary increase keeping up with the cost of...
Seasonal Jobs In U.S.: Amazon, UPS, FedEx Hiring For 2021
COMP NEWS - Major retail companies are looking for hundreds of thousands of new hires for the upcoming holiday season. Some retailers are offering bonuses to new hires as well. Kohl's said it will hire 90,000 seasonal workers to fill positions in stores and warehouses...
Supply Chain Industry Deals With Challenge Of Labor Shortages
COMP NEWS - The supply chain industry has growing concerns over the upcoming holiday season. Many crucial infrastructure job positions remain empty. Supply chains across the country and in Middle Tennessee are facing many challenges when it comes to both rising prices...
Alabama Has Nation’s 11th Largest Labor Shortage, Study Finds
COMP NEWS - According to a study performed by CareerCloud that merged data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and popular job boards, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, and CareerBuilder, Alabama has the eleventh largest labor shortage in the United States. According to such...
Jobless Applications Fall To Another Pandemic-Era Low Despite Delta Spread
COMP NEWS - The most recent US Labor Department report has indicated that the labor market continues to recover, as jobless applications dropped to a new low since March of 2020. The Labor Department reported that some 310,000 people filed initial unemployment claims...
Amazon To Pay Hourly Workers’ College Tuition
COMP NEWS - With the rising labor shortage across the United States, many companies are having to find new and creative ways to retain their labor force. For most companies, that means offering incentives. Amazon, the world largest ecommerce company, has just...
Tennessee Employers Discuss State Of Staff Shortages After COVID-19 Unemployment Programs End
COMP NEWS - Tennessee unemployment benefits ended in this past July. Some Tennessee employers are finally seeing a rise in their employment rate, while some employers are still struggling to bring on new employees. A couple of months after those benefits expired some...
Monument Health Increases Minimum Wage, Adds COVID-19 Bonus Pay
COMP NEWS - Monument Health, an integrated health care provider based in Grand Rapids, MI, increased their minimum wage up to $15.50. In addition to this increase, they are also rewarding certain positions with a supplemental pay differential. Monument Health...
Experts Anticipate Legal Battle Over COVID-Related Workers’ Compensation In Virginia
COMP NEWS - Many frontline workers are fighting for workers’ compensation benefits when battling severe cases of COVID-19. However, legal battles are expected to take place over new legislations that expand access to workers’ compensation for first responders and...
Wage Gains Increased In August, Though Hiring Slowed
COMP NEWS - The month of August saw steady increases in employee compensation, maintaining a pattern of economic growth that has climbed steadily over the past few months. In contrast to the wage gains that increased in August, hiring has slowed considerably compared...
Walmart Increases Hourly Wage For Over Half A Million Workers
COMP NEWS - Walmart is increasing the hourly wage of over half a million of its store associates, the chain's latest compensation increase seeking to attract and retain store workers amidst an ongoing labor crunch. Walmart has good news for many of their hourly...
