The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and
employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how
what's happening in Washington, D.C. could impact your
business.
Workforce Update. The U.S. Department of
Labor's (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics released its May
2021 jobs report on June 4, 2021. According to the report, American
employers added 559,000 jobs in the previous month. The number is
an improvement over April's lackluster report, but still
short of what economists and employers had hoped for. Of course,
politicians and policymakers on both sides of the aisle will claim
that the report demonstrates why their particular policy
preferences should be implemented. Political bluster aside, there
is still concern within the employer community that too many jobs
are going unfilled. Accordingly, on June 1, 2021, the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce launched its
America Works program “to swiftly address
America's deepening worker shortage crisis.”
