Technology
Proactive Safety Technology Protects Workers, Jobsites
ABC's Tech and Innovation Report: Health and Safety features case studies authored by safety and risk management leaders at ABC member contractors finding bett…
Topic
Health-workers
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Housing
Jersey minister admits challenges of housing workers for £710m build
A Jersey health minister has admitted that workers coming to the island to build a £710m hospital will have to be housed "anywhere we can find". Tom Binet told…
Technology
Health Care Workers Are Tired of Cleaning Up Palantir's Mess
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout,…
Healthcare
Healthcare Workers Are Dropping Health Insurance As Affordability Crisis Drags On
'hospitals becoming overwhelmed'
Healthcare
What to Do If You're Laid Off and Too Young for Medicare
At best, older, laid-off workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
Technology
'When I get home, my whole body aches': extreme heat saps health and wages of India's poorest workers
Exclusive: Outdoor workers losing up to 9% of income as weather becomes 'poverty multiplier', research says. Extreme heat is pushing some of India's poorest wo…
Technology
Microsoft lays off nearly 5K workers, most of them at Xbox: 'Our business today is not healthy'
Microsoft is axing about 3,200 jobs across its Xbox video game business as the company moves to restructure the struggling division and pours resources into ar…
AI
University Offering Training Programs For Healthcare Workers To 'Be Up To Speed' In AI
'they see a need for this'
Healthcare
US Workers' Health Insurance To Soar Amid Affordability Crisis, Survey Says
'Under intense pressure'
Healthcare
Health workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or rest
Health workers inside the epicenter of Congo's outbreak say they are working with little pay or rest
Healthcare
Trump administration faces blame from health workers over Ebola outbreak after funding cuts
The U.S. is facing accusations of helping to make the Ebola outbreak in central Africa possible because of cutbacks in health funding to the region by the Trum…
Macro
Your workers are certified - but are they competent to do today's job?
Jose Arcilla is chief executive of the Health and Safety Institute Picture this: a maintenance crew arrives for a high-risk shutdown. Their certificates are va…
Healthcare
Is Employer-Provided Health Insurance Actually Good For American Workers?
'significant inflationary impact'
Healthcare
Uncertainty around Social Security, taxes and healthcare is bad for households - and the economy
Workers and retirees are anxious when faced with unpredictable policies.
Macro
Health Care Has Become the Lifeblood of the Labor Market
An aging population is drawing workers to medical and social care, creating reliable jobs and revealing weakness for the rest of the economy.
Healthcare
The mixed jobs picture reflects surging demand for people in healthcare and social services but a bleaker environment for government employees, factory workers and cubicle dwellers
From the Biden to Trump economies, healthcare keeps surging.
Macro
Demand for healthcare workers is outstripping all other sectors. That means big changes in a U.S. labor market where retail and white-collar hiring have stalled
Demand for healthcare workers is outstripping all other sectors. That means big changes in a labor market where retail and white-collar hiring have stalled.
Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look int…
Healthcare
Another strike sends 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to picket lines
An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers launched an open-ended strike this week in California and Hawa…
Housing
Seven workers suspended from chemical job leave site
Seven construction workers who were suspended after downing tools at a refinery job over health and safety concerns will not be returning to the site. The empl…
