Browsing: Labor

It’s Saturday morning and your boss emails you a question that can wait until Monday. What do you do? If you’re like me, you read the message while walking out of your yoga class and respond before lunch. 

HotelKey reducing labor with self-check-in kiosk deployments | Retail Customer Experience

Labor productivity in Albania remains at the lowest level in the Western Balkans region. According to data from the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Gross Domestic Product per hour worked in Albania last year was estimated at 18.7 international Dollars. This level has shrunk by 4.1% compared to 2024, and the gap with neighboring countries…

Self-checkout’s labor equation goes beyond cutting cashier hours | Kiosk Marketplace

Multiple factors have made an already complex job market even more volatile this year, per a report.

Data center jobs are in high demand, and wage growth in the sector is outpacing the rest of the labor market. But the benefits of that growth are limited.

Add to Google Preferred Sources The U.S. labor share fell to 52.9% in the second quarter of 2026, down from 53.7% in the first quarter, marking the lowest level since record-keeping began in 1947, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on the 6th. The primary driver is that output growth…

The U.S. economy got more efficient last quarter. Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per employee, rose at a 1.4% annualized pace in the second quarter.

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week, while layoffs dropped to a two-year low in July, consistent with a stable labor market.