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“While the 199,000 gain in non-farm payrolls once again disappointed the consensus, a much larger gain in the household measure of employment and a tepid rise in participation pushed the unemployment rate back below 4%,” Michael Pearce, senior U.S. economist for Capital Economics, told Yahoo Finance .

Certain claims, however, can’t be released, such as worker’s compensation, unemployment, right to challenge under the Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA), right to file Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges or a National Labor Relations Board unfair labor practice claim.

“When employers invest in their people, their people are more likely to invest in their employer through their time and energy.”

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Ultimately, whether employers opt for a hybrid model or full-time onsite schedule, flexibility in the approach is paramount for it to have the intended effect.

That dichotomy raises the question of the value remote work provides to employers and employees — and how to describe that value in a total rewards statement.

Is any PTO offered during the first year of employment to show that the employer values work-life balance?

They become so grateful to their employers, because what happens when the employer puts it out there as an offering, is that it eliminates a lot of stigma.

In the Empress/Mossier study, 94% of the workers surveyed in supportive organizations would recommend their employer to LGBTQ+ job seekers, and 89% said their employer’s efforts to support the LGBTQ+ community made them want to continue working for them.