This article provides a roundup of recent news stories related to employment. Team ZipRecruiter will share frequent updates. 

• The F.D.A. approved coronavirus vaccine booster shots for all adults. 

• The House passed President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion Build Back Better Plan, which would provide for programs designed to curb climate change, child-care subsidies, a one-year extension of the enhanced child tax credit and universal pre-K. The Senate is likely to approve it later this year. 

• Premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage rose 4% for plan year 2021, topping $22,000.

• CVS announced that it will close 900 stores over the next three years. Employees will be offered jobs at nearby locations. 

• Starbucks employees in Buffalo, NY and Mesa, AZ have started mounting efforts to unionize.

• Airlines are on a hiring spree ahead of holiday peak season travel. They also anticipate the release of pent-up demand for travel in 2022.  

• Costco and Starbucks have announced plans to increase starting pay to $17 and $15 respectively.

• Colorado is raising the starting pay for government employees to $15 per hour to overcome staffing shortages.  

• William Paterson University plans to resolve budget shortfalls amid declining enrollment by laying off dozens of faculty and staff.