U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in November, falling below expectations but still a strong number in a banner year, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. More than 200,000 jobs have been added in four of the past six months, the unemployment rate held at a 49-year low of 3.7 percent for the third month in a row and wages stayed above 3 percent. https://goo.gl/KcePte
Educate Entry-Level Workers on Workplace Ethics
Teach the young adults starting their careers at your company about workplace ethics before they find themselves on the sharp end of the investigation spear and terminated for cause—not realizing why until it is too late. https://goo.gl/aK3wrS
USCIS Proposes Changes to H-1B Visa Lottery
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed changing how each year’s limited number of H-1B visa petitions are chosen. The agency wants to reverse current practice and hold a lottery first to randomly select applicants, then have employers file their petitions for visas. https://goo.gl/s1Eb93
New York City Council Passes More Bills Protecting Ride-Hailing Drivers
#ICYDK: The New York City Council passed six new bills aimed at protecting taxi and ride-hailing drivers after recently passing another bill requiring minimum payments for ride-hailing drivers and a one-year freeze on the number of vehicle licenses issued. https://goo.gl/uFPP6m