Employee lanes in the US are diverse and varying for the US workers. It is noticeable for the welfare of employees and the economy that the average worker manages to grab 35 hours of work every week, which is when he is having pressure to grab lesser, considering the economic inflation.
According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it was stated that workers tended to work for lesser number of hours either due to pressure from employer or lack of full time work. This caused decrease in part time workers, statistically by 371000 by the end of December. However, the strategy of the current Government considering the future of part time workers is still unknown. Jim Borbely, working for BLS reasoned that the statistics could be either due to workers retaining their full time status or unfortunately due to part time workers losing their jobs.
Borbely presented the brighter side of his perspective claiming that statistical figures show a decrease of 1 million the number of unemployed workers, indicating that conditions of workers are improving. However, this is not what everyone perceives of the situation. According to Ellen Emst Kossek, HRM professor from Michigan State University’s School of Human Resources & Labor Relations, statistics cannot be ignored. She added on the ambiguity on why workers retained their work hours. Is it because they are making more money or because they are working more and getting less?
She claimed that workers are under economic pressure and opting for full time jobs not because of better economic conditions, but clearly due to worsened conditions. Furthermore, she added that the companies are not paying them on time and blocking their overtime, enforcing them to work more and earn less. BLS claims that above 7 million people in America were forced to opt for two or more part time jobs as identified by statistics by the end of December. According to her, burnout occurs due to stress and fatigue due to multiple jobs. This also disturbs the social system. She identifies that long term thinking involves quality jobs for citizens.
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