But because of bureaucratic red tape and the aftermath of pandemic shutdowns, many pools statewide are confronting a labor pool problem — not enough lifeguards. Oceanside is one of these.

The COVID pandemic has sapped the US labor pool of about 500,000 employees because persistent symptoms have prevented them from returning to work, new research shows. The study — titled “The ...

If it weren’t for people coming from abroad to the U.S., the American labor pool would likely be smaller today than it was before the Great Recession. Put this another way: If the number of ...

U.S. job growth likely decelerated in May as tariff-related uncertainty weighed on business confidence, though not enough to ...

Guru.com and PeoplePerHour create a global labor pool for any sort of computer-based task. "It's still a small phenomenon," said Christopher Stanton, a doctoral candidate in business at Stanford ...

So why isn't New York's unemployment rate falling? That's a question state Labor Department officials are pondering. Advertisement Article continues below this ad New York has added 102,700 jobs ...

For a few decades, an influx of women and immigrants into the workforce kept the labor pool expanding. But by 2000, the rising supply of female workers reached its peak. And after Donald Trump ...

Of course, other considerations factor into a shrinking labor pool. There was also a 0.4% population decrease in Massachusetts from 2020 to 2023, according to Melnik. He attributed this to several ...

A larger labor pool makes it easier for employers to find workers without bidding up pay substantially. The labor force participation rate had flatlined for five months and economists believed the ...

“I think the labor pool has started to get more water,” said Paul Bush, of OneSource Technology Inc. Paul Bush has hired three strong local candidates in the past 90 days. That reflects a ...

New Zealand’s pool of labor is expanding at the fastest pace in more than two years as the nation’s re-opened border allows in more foreign workers. The number of residents aged 15 years and ...