It was expected that many employers would stop offering workplace health insurance following the passage of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But that wasn’t the case recently report by the Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI). Between 2014 and 2022, the percentage of employees eligible for health benefits increased by 5%. EBRI is …
Although society as a whole has largely moved away from Covid-19 restrictions and returned to pre-pandemic norms, millions of people are still stuck in what is aptly described as the pandemic limbo. Immunocompromised people haven’t had the luxury of letting their guard down, they still become paranoid about going out in public, and when they …
The Texas State Employment Outlook projects job growth by 3.3% in 2023, with an 80% confidence interval of 3.1 to 3.5%. The forecast is based on an average of four models that include projected national GDP, crude oil futures prices, and leading Texas and U.S. indices. The forecast suggests that 453.2 thousand jobs will be …
In September, Texas’ total employment topped 14 million for the first time as the state’s job growth returned to a national high. Texas added 61,400 new jobs last month, the most since July 2022, bringing the state’s total job creation last year to nearly 436,000, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Friday. In the San Antonio-New …