/tags/labor-force labor force en-US Copyright Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:01:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2025-03-06/how-avoid-job-application-black-hole Is the labor market slowing? How to get hired. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:01:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2025-03-06/how-avoid-job-application-black-hole /politics/2024-02-15/older-ky-teens-could-work-later-longer-under-bill-passed-to-weaken-child-labor-laws A bill to remove working hour restrictions on 16- and 17-year-olds passed a House committee Thursday over objections from labor unions and policy advocates. Thu, 15 Feb 2024 21:22:16 GMT /politics/2024-02-15/older-ky-teens-could-work-later-longer-under-bill-passed-to-weaken-child-labor-laws Sylvia Goodman /2023-06-13/amid-labor-shortage-more-ohio-businesses-turn-to-employees-with-developmental-disabilities The labor shortage has prompted local businesses to provide extra training and make accommodations for people with disabilities they wouldn't have made before. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 09:01:00 GMT /2023-06-13/amid-labor-shortage-more-ohio-businesses-turn-to-employees-with-developmental-disabilities Erin Gottsacker /news-from-npr/news-from-npr/2023-06-12/children-as-young-as-12-work-legally-on-farms-despite-years-of-efforts-to-change-law As some states look to roll back child labor laws, Democrats in Congress introduce a bill to increase protections for children working in agriculture that would raise the minimum age to 14. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:01:02 GMT /news-from-npr/news-from-npr/2023-06-12/children-as-young-as-12-work-legally-on-farms-despite-years-of-efforts-to-change-law Andrea Hsu /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-06-08/bills-loosen-child-labor-laws-ohio Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill to extend the hours younger teens can work. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-06-08/bills-loosen-child-labor-laws-ohio /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-03-23/ohio-law-extends-working-hours-children Senate Bill 30 aims to ease labor shortages in the state. Thu, 23 Mar 2023 07:59:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-03-23/ohio-law-extends-working-hours-children /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-01-18/people-with-disabilities-high-unemployment-rates-pandemic People with disabilities traditionally have much higher rates of unemployment than everyone else. But an analysis by the Economic Innovation Group found the COVID-19 pandemic and increased opportunities to work remotely helped push the employment rate for people with disabilities to its highest level since the Great Recession. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-01-18/people-with-disabilities-high-unemployment-rates-pandemic /local-news/2022-07-15/sherrod-brown-cincinnati-starbucks-unions Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited a downtown Cincinnati Starbucks Friday and spoke with employees who recently voted to unionize. Afterward, he spoke with media about a handful of current events. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 17:03:50 GMT /local-news/2022-07-15/sherrod-brown-cincinnati-starbucks-unions Tana Weingartner /local-news/2022-06-23/starbucks-at-4th-vine-is-first-cincinnati-store-to-unionize Workers at the Cincinnati Starbucks at Fourth and Vine voted 9-1 Thursday afternoon to join a union. More than 160 Starbucks stores across the country have voted to unionize since December, and 27 have voted against it. Thu, 23 Jun 2022 21:28:26 GMT /local-news/2022-06-23/starbucks-at-4th-vine-is-first-cincinnati-store-to-unionize Becca Costello /business/2017-01-11/what-are-employers-looking-for-in-new-employees-and-the-need-for-quality-workers Human resources professionals will tell you there are plenty of job openings in Greater Cincinnati. But employers often have trouble finding the right… Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:00:00 GMT /business/2017-01-11/what-are-employers-looking-for-in-new-employees-and-the-need-for-quality-workers