Yearly Archives: 2005
Obesity Fattens Expenses for employers
An obese employee costs an additional $460 to $2,500 annually in medical expenditures and work absences, compared with a normal-weight worker, according to a new report.published in…
White guys: Judges and lawyers
Fact #441: Eighty-nine percent of all lawyers are white, according to the 2000 census. Blacks comprise 4 percent of all lawyers, while Latinos make up 3 percent, Asian…
Two Aspirins and No One to Call?
Fact #454: The U.S. currently produces about 25,000 doctors a year. To keep up with demographic trends, we’ll need between 3,000 and 10,000…
One in Five Teachers Expected to Retire
Fact #446: Teacher attrition is expected to average about 8 percent per year in the next five years. (Source: Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2005) Fact #447…
Teacher Workforce Aging Rapidly
Fact #443: Forty percent of the current public school teaching force expects not to be teaching five years from now. (Source: Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2005…
Restaurateurs Hungry for Workers
The National Restaurant Association predicts that nearly 2 million new restaurant jobs will be needed over the next 10 years. That doesn’t count replacement workers, which by…
Young workforce declines 1 percent by 2010
By 2008, women and minorities will represent 70% of the new labor force entrants. Thirty-four percent of the U.S. workforce will be non-Caucasian. By 2010, the U…
Skills and Education Matter
While we still read about the thousands of unemployed workers and a 5 percent unemployment rate, consider this breakdown. Unemployment rate for college graduates is 2.3 percent, not significantly…
Aging Truckers Leaves Industry Short of Help
The trucking industy is short of drivers – nearly 20,000. By 2014 the shortage is expected to soar to 111,000 according to a study by the American…
Mompreneurs: Mothers Working at Home
Whether it was the result of downsizing, the allure of work-life balance, or the pull of motherhood, the labor-force participation rate of women ages 25 to 54 with…