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March 15, 2024

Welcome to the jungle: Why are workers quitting after getting promoted?

Promotions are typically seen as recognition for excellent work and a way to solidify someone’s place within a company. But that might not be the case anymore, according to a recent ADP Research Institute study.
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January 17, 2024

Business insider: Everyone’s buzzing about AI — including plenty of people who clearly don’t understand it

Artificial Intelligence is one of the most talked-about themes of this year’s meeting in Davos. But that raises a question: Is everybody talking about the same thing? In today's Business Insider, ADP chief economist Nela Richardson says there's a big learning gap about what constitutes AI.
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November 3, 2023

Barron’s Opinion: Women Made Big Gains in the Workforce. They Could Evaporate Before Our Eyes.

Women reached a significant milestone this summer. While Barbie was in theaters and Beyoncé and Taylor Swift were breaking concert tour records, labor force participation for women aged 25 to 54 reached its highest level in more than 25 years.
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October 23, 2023

HR staffing: Is there a sweet spot to prevent turnover?

Our Data Lab report—”HR: How much is too much—or too little?”—showed that HR staffing might have a sweet spot when it comes to employee turnover.
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October 23, 2023

The ‘Big Stay’ isn’t going away as the labor market stops rewarding job hoppers, according to ADP payroll data

The warm glow that new hires enjoyed during the pandemic – a contentment fueled largely by big pay increases – is fading fast. ADP chief economist has the story in Fortune Magazine.
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September 7, 2023

WSJ: Up, Then Out: Why People Quit After Getting a Promotion

There’s a hidden truth about promotions: For some employees, moving up the org chart at work can lead to jumping ship. In today’s WSJ, Ray Smith has the story on new data from ADPRI.
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June 26, 2023

SABEW webinar: Covering the Jobs Report

What’s happening in the job market? Layoffs are making news, but payrolls are growing and unemployment is low. For journalists trying to make sense of it all, SABEW has a free webinar on Friday featuring ADP chief economist Nela Richardson.
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November 1, 2022

Marketplace: An economic “hope story” in Buffalo, New York

In late October, Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal met up with Nela Richardson, a regular contributor to Marketplace and chief economist at the payroll processing company ADP, at a cafe on the corner of Bidwell Parkway and Elmwood Avenue.
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October 28, 2022

Bloomberg: Crushing Demand Called the ‘Worst Way’ to Fix Inflation

There are better ways to combat inflation than destroying demand with interest-rate increases, according to Nela Richardson, chief economist for payroll giant Automatic Data Processing Inc. She joined the latest What Goes Up podcast to give her take on half-century record American employment, decades-high inflation and signs of softness in the US housing market.
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