As many as 1,000 jobs could be at risk at an online retail company as it confirmed it had been called in administrators. Studio made the move after it failed to secure a £25 million rescue loan. Studio Retail Group, which is a third owned by Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley, has filed a notice … Read more
Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders interviewed for three Power Five jobs and felt he was close to getting at least one before being told the school was going in a different direction, he said on the Dan LeBatard Show last week. “I interviewed for three Power Five jobs. I should’ve got them,” Sanders said. … Read more
The co-founder of exercise company Peloton is to step down as the firm announced plans to cut 2,800 jobs. John Foley, who has been the firm’s chief executive for a decade, will be replaced by Barry McCarthy, the former chief financial officer of Spotify. Peloton, which sells indoor exercise bikes with a large touchscreen for … Read more
Questions have been asked about how the Prime Minister’s new chief of staff will balance the “24/7” role with also being a Cabinet minister and an MP as Boris Johnson brought new faces into Downing Street following a swathe of resignations. The Prime Minister announced on Saturday that Steve Barclay, the Chancellor of the Duchy … Read more
Text size Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Friday’s jobs report caused short-term interest rates to pop, but there is still plenty of room for them to surge. That could spell trouble for the stock market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the US … Read more
A recruiter talks to job seeker during a job fair at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. | Marta Lavandier/AP Photo by Associated Press 02/04/2022 09:13 AM EST WASHINGTON (AP) — US employers added a burst of 467,000 jobs in January despite a wave of Omicron inflections that sickened millions of workers, kept many … Read more
In 1853 Frederick Douglass wrote of towns in the north: Every hour the black man is put out of work by a newly arrived emigrant, whose hunger and whose color would give him a better title to the place. With only a handful of interruptions, black workers have faced the same situation for nearly two … Read more
Carol Joyner, Labor Project Leader for Family Values @ Work, speaks at a Build Back Better rally outside the U.S. Capitol. (Paul Morigi / Getty Images for caring across generations) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thanks for signing … Read more
The number of job adverts for debt collectors has soared by 20 per cent as the employment market shows signs of a slow recovery. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) said adverts in the first week of August rose to the highest weekly total since the lockdown began with hiring hotspots in London and Northern … Read more
