Data shows American health care workers now suffer more nonfatal injuries from workplace violence than workers in any other profession, including law enforcement. read more >
Arkansas ranked No. 1 in the United States with the highest concentration of jobs in the category. read more >
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the leisure and hospitality industry to add 1.9 million jobs from 2021-31. read more >
The data is the latest available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more >
Automation, outsourcing and lower unionization rates in traditional union strongholds, like auto manufacturing, are among the reasons for the steady decline. But states have also chipped away at unions' power. read more >
A lingering bird flu outbreak, combined with soaring feed, fuel and labor costs, has led to U.S. egg prices more than doubling over the past year, and hatched a lot of sticker shock on grocery aisles. read more >
In another key metric, the number of people quitting their job rose to 4.2 million, up from about 4 million in October. read more >
This fall and winter have upended life for working parents of little children, who thought the worst of the pandemic was behind them. read more >
The Arkansas hospitality industry, like industries across the United States, has worked hard to recruit and retain workers in the tightest labor market in decades. read more >
Employment in the U.S. construction industry reached 7,628,000 in March, slightly exceeding the pre-pandemic total of 7,624,000 reached in February 2020. read more >
A gap year sets up individuals — and their future employers — for long-term success. read more >
Educators and others in the state are collaborating to fill the talent gap accompanying the growing demand for cybersecurity professionals. read more >
The ratio of unemployed people to job openings has been steadily declining this year, falling below 1.0 in July. read more >
Thanks to a $750,000 grant awarded earlier this month, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will be one of the first institutions in the country to offer graduate certificates in cybersecurity education to high school teachers. read more >
As Generation Z and millennial workers challenge the concept of a traditional career, the role of workplace group life insurance is likely to change. read more >
Raw materials, labor and fuel price increases are forcing producers to both economize and pass on the costs to customers. read more >
Arkansas restaurateurs, already contending with a resurgent pandemic, are also wrestling with the challenge of inflation, which is putting pressure on thin profit margins and has caused some to raise menu prices. read more >
The annual mean wage for lawyers in Arkansas in May 2020, the latest figures available, was $94,800, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more >
The annual mean wage of information security analysts in Arkansas averaged $83,930 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the United States as a whole it was $104,210. read more >
Since Jan. 1, 2020, about half of U.S. businesses continued to pay at least some of their workers told not to work because of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last month. read more >
