Tag: employers
U.S. industries have become increasingly concentrated in the 21st century, leaving fewer employers in local labor markets. This is not good for workers. The simplest example is a town with one company in the business of producing widgets. The company has little competition when hiring widget workers and can pay them lower wages. A new…
The brief’s key findings are: Many people want to work longer for a secure retirement, but this strategy requires employers willing to hire them on worthwhile terms. The question is, what jobs do employers really want older workers to do? The analysis compares job postings on RetirementJobs.com, a website for older workers, to those on…
