Lifeguards closed two town beaches in Truro, Massachusetts, as well as Coast Guard Beach and Head of the Meadows Beach on the Cape Cod National Seashore after sightings of great white sharks over the weekend.
Megan Winton, a scientist with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said two sharks also were detected by a receiver off Chatham, Massachusetts.
Brian Carlstrom, superintendent of the Cape Cod National Seashore, said lifeguards had swimmers leave the water at Head of the Meadow Beach twice on Sunday in response to great white sightings.
Employers Face Massive Turnover…
“People are seeing the world differently,” according to talent consultant Steve Cadigan. “It’s going to take time for people to think through, ‘How do I unattach where I’m at and re-attach to something new?’ We’re going to see a massive shift in the next few years.”
Cadigan, the former head of Human Resources at LinkedIn, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal as it reported on a Prudential Financial Inc. poll that showed one-quarter of the 2,000 workers surveyed said they planned to look for a role with a different employer. Some workers discovered during the pandemic that they prefer to work remotely, while some say they are reluctant to return to an office until the coronavirus is fully under control. Still others cite the lack of child care as a reason for job hesitancy, or are looking to make up for a spouse’s loss of a job.
Workers’ shift into new jobs and careers is prompting employers to raise wages and offer promotions to keep hold of talent. Many professionals are feeling confident about finding better prospects or jobs more suited to their interests.
… But Shun Colorado Workers
Despite having a number of job openings, many employers are shunning remote workers from Colorado in response to a new Colorado law that requires companies — even those with only a few employees — to disclose the salary or pay range for each job they advertise.
The aim of the new law is to narrow gender wage gaps and provide greater pay transparency for employees.
New Hampshire No Longer Supports The Self-Employed
New Hampshire Employment Security has ended its federal pandemic-era unemployment compensation for the self-employed and gig businesses. As the state phases out the federally mandated benefits this week, it already now requires the self-employed who are unable to fully sustain themselves to abandon their jobs and seek full-time employment from other businesses if they want to continue receiving assistance.
The federal government’s pandemic relief legislation provided assistance to the self-employed whose income had dropped during the shutdowns and economic chaos caused by coronavirus restrictions. Many Republican governors have decided to reject that federal assistance in order to force people to accept jobs with companies experiencing difficulty in finding workers.
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