{"id":3122,"date":"2021-12-09T20:26:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T01:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ziprecruiter.com\/blog\/?p=35908"},"modified":"2021-12-09T20:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T01:26:23","slug":"job-news-roundup-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/job-news-roundup-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Job News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>This article provides a roundup of recent news stories related to employment. Team ZipRecruiter will share frequent updates.&nbsp;<\/em><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The White House announced that by mid-January, employees of private companies will be able to get health care <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/03\/how-to-get-the-free-at-home-covid-tests-promised-by-white-house-.html\" >reimbursement for at-home <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/03\/how-to-get-the-free-at-home-covid-tests-promised-by-white-house-.html\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/03\/how-to-get-the-free-at-home-covid-tests-promised-by-white-house-.html\" >ovid tests<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Two courts temporarily blocked President Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/us-judge-blocks-vaccine-mandate-contractors-three-states-2021-11-30\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine mandates<\/a>; in Louisiana, the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services has been blocked from enforcing vaccines for healthcare workers, and in Kentucky, the Biden administration has been blocked from enforcing a regulation that requires contractors\u2019 employees to get vaccinated.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all private sector employees will be required to implement a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/06\/business\/new-york-vaccine-mandate\/index.html\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vaccine mandate<\/a> starting December 27.&nbsp; Children between the ages of 5-11 will also be required to show proof of at least one vaccination dose before entering indoor dining, entertainment venues, and more indoor activities.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>According to US health officials and Dr. Anthony Fauci, early information on the coronavirus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2021-12-05\/fauci-says-early-reports-encouraging-about-omicron-variant?utm_id=43942&amp;sfmc_id=938081\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Omicron variant<\/a> shows it may be less dangerous than the Delta variant.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>With the share of American workers voluntarily quitting their jobs each month at a record high, a new trend is emerging. \u201cQuittoks\u201d and Reddit\u2019s forum R\/antiwork showcase the growing trend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/04\/business\/public-resignation-quitting.html\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publicizing one\u2019s resignation<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvtm13.com\/article\/on-the-holiday-gift-hunt-video-game-consoles-and-smartphones-will-be-harder-to-find-this-year\/38253601#\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">global chip shortage<\/a> is making it harder to purchase smartphones and video game consoles for the holidays.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Major League Baseball owners unanimously voted to trigger a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/mlb\/news\/mlb-lockout-owners-trigger-baseballs-first-work-stoppage-since-1994-95\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">labor stoppage<\/a>, the league\u2019s first since 1994, in an attempt to sign a new collective bargaining agreement between the MLB and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) ahead of the upcoming season. The MLBPA opposes the shutdown arguing that it is unnecessary and imposes a hardship on players, who now cannot sign with new teams or be traded until the lockout ends.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Vishal Garg, the CEO of mortgage company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/05\/business\/better-ceo-fires-employees\/index.html\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Better.com<\/a>, laid off more than 900 employees (about 9% of its staff) via a Zoom call. He cited efficiency, performance, and productivity as the reasons for the layoff.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides a roundup of recent news stories related to employment. Team ZipRecruiter will share frequent updates.\u00a0 The White House announced that by mid-January, employees of private companies will be able to get health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,136,33,40,126,31,121,35,110,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-candidate","category-data","category-employer","category-employment-trends","category-inside-the-numbers","category-job-market-insights","category-job-news-roundup","category-labor-market-trends","category-quitting","category-unions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3123,"href":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3122\/revisions\/3123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jerome1greene.x10host.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}