The US economy added 213,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls in June, according to the Labor Department. The unemployment rate was 4%, up from 3.8% in May, and average hourly earnings increased 0.2%.
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A Reportlinker study found that 65% of American employees surveyed believe freelancers are happier than their full-time counterparts, and 26% of those polled said they planned to freelance at some point in their career. The majority of millennial workers say they prioritize jobs that offer telecommuting, gym memberships and parental leave, which freelancing can often provide.
The wage gap between men and women might have its roots in children's allowances, with researchers finding girls receive on average less than half of what boys receive weekly. Chores boys and girls are asked to do also differ, BusyKid CEO Gregg Murset says.
The use of artificial intelligence in hiring and employee experience should be a priority for HR leaders, as should getting wider business buy-in to such efforts, writes Jeanne Meister, founding partner of Future Workplace. "Make sure employees understand the benefits of AI and don't fear its ability to make certain tasks superfluous," Meister writes.
A manager at PS Food Mart has been fired because of her response to an employee who couldn't come to work because her son was on life support. Screenshots of the text conversation, posted on Facebook by employee Crystal Reynolds Fisher, shows the manager refusing to allow Fisher time off to tend to her son.
