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Furlough
For this British travel agency, furloughs offered a lifeline
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Minju Park
Sep 24, 2021
As the United Kingdom's furlough program comes to an end, travel agent Claire Moore faces tough decisions on how to bring her employees back to work.
Airlines get relief funds, but travel rebound may take a while
Dec 29, 2020
The measure includes money that will allow the airline industry to bring back furloughed workers through March.
For furloughed workers, the psychological toll can be as heavy as the economic one
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Erika Beras
Oct 1, 2020
Add in the pandemic, the struggle for racial justice and the uncertainty surrounding the election, and the anxiety can be overwhelming.
Furloughs turning into permanent layoffs as pandemic drags on
Sep 8, 2020
Job losses are moving past lockdown-hit businesses to other sectors that were doing fine for a while.
Nearly a third of Americans worry about having their work hours cut or losing their jobs
Sep 1, 2020
And according to Americans who've already lost their jobs, they should be.
Has the COVID-19 crisis killed live theater in the UK?
Jul 29, 2020
One of Britain’s most successful industries struggles to recover from the pandemic.
Work-sharing programs allow companies to keep furloughed workers
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David Wagner
Jun 17, 2020
Not all states have the programs, in which workers' hours are cut and unemployment benefits are used to fill in wages.
For public good, not for profit.
What's the difference between a furlough and a layoff?
Mar 24, 2020
The distinction matters for your personal economy and the economy at large.
The shutdown will impact GDP, but individual workers will bear the brunt
Jan 24, 2019
The White House has estimated that the partial government shutdown will reduce economic growth in the U.S. by 0.13 percentage points for every week the government remains closed. Speaking on CNBC yesterday, Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, said those effects would be temporary. “We will get it all back,” he said, once […]
What the partial government shutdown could mean for FBI agents
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Erika Beras
Jan 23, 2019
A new report looks into the long-term impact.