Get ready for a Goldilocks summer featuring a job market that's neither too hot nor too cold

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A cashier rings up groceries at Steve's 9th Street Market in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on May 12, 2021.

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Walmart's US CEO tells workers not to worry about their jobs despite announcing a major push into store automation

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A Walmart associate interacting with a screen in a market fulfillment center.

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A worker who fears she's getting 'quietly fired' explains 2 warning signs that your company might be trying to push you out

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Bed Bath & Beyond is reportedly skipping on severance payments for workers

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Denying severance for store employees could complicate efforts to finish selling inventory, as some workers are quitting their jobs weeks before their locations actually close, Bloomberg reported.

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Walmart has designed inclusive uniforms for workers, ranging from a 'women's cut vest' to a 'hard of hearing or deaf vest'

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Walmart debuted new vests for associates at its Yearly Beginning Meeting for managers.

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Target employees say they are overworked and dreading the arrival of drive-up returns: 'Somebody is going to get hurt or killed doing this.'

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Drive-up returns are coming to Target stores starting this spring.

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If your boss is asking you to do more at work for the same pay, watch out — you're being 'quiet hired'

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Many workers today feel overworked and underpaid.

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Kroger is the latest retailer to spend big on employee wages as the job market tightens

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Kroger will invest $770 million more in pay and benefits for its employees this year, making it the latest retailer to spend more as the retail labor market remains tight.

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6 ways companies are 'quiet firing' white-collar workers

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Progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal says Biden is 'very, very interested' in getting more workers overtime pay

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal

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