As many American businesses struggle to fill jobs, some have started negotiating demands that used to be non-negotiable for most hourly employees. One of the top demands for many workers is scheduling the days and times they spend on the job. Hourly workers are now seeking more flexibility in their schedules. That means employees are pushing back against requirements to work weekends, late nights or holidays. There are currently many job openings in the United States. So workers can be more careful about the jobs they choose. There were 10.4 million job openings at the end of August and 11.1 million openings the month before. Those numbers are the highest since at least December 2000, when the government started recording the data. At the same time, the U.S. Labor Department said the number of people quitting their jobs jumped to 4.3 million in August from 4 million in July. A recent study from employment company ManpowerGroup found that nearly 40 percent of jobseekers worldwide said schedule flexibility was one of their top three issues in career decisions. SnagAJob.com, an online marketplace for hourly workers, says the word “flexibility” now appears in about 11 percent of the more than 7 million job postings on its site. That number was around 8 percent earlier in the year.
Title: US Businesses Give in to Worker Demands to Keep Employees
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5352/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Businesses Give in to Worker Demands to Keep Employees' data-article-id='5944'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13354'>As many American businesses struggle to fill jobs, some have started negotiating demands that used to be non-negotiable for most hourly employees.</span> <span data-start-time='13354' data-end-time='22771'>One of the top demands for many workers is scheduling the days and times they spend on the job.</span> <span data-start-time='22771' data-end-time='28667'>Hourly workers are now seeking more flexibility in their schedules. </span> <span data-start-time='28667' data-end-time='37292'>That means employees are pushing back against requirements to work weekends, late nights or holidays.</span> <span data-start-time='37292' data-end-time='41813'>There are currently many job openings in the United States. </span> <span data-start-time='41813' data-end-time='46792'>So workers can be more careful about the jobs they choose.</span> <span data-start-time='46792' data-end-time='56438'>There were 10.4 million job openings at the end of August and 11.1 million openings the month before. </span> <span data-start-time='56438' data-end-time='65333'>Those numbers are the highest since at least December 2000, when the government started recording the data. </span> <span data-start-time='65333' data-end-time='79021'>At the same time, the U.S. Labor Department said the number of people quitting their jobs jumped to 4.3 million in August from 4 million in July.</span> <span data-start-time='79021' data-end-time='95958'>A recent study from employment company ManpowerGroup found that nearly 40 percent of jobseekers worldwide said schedule flexibility was one of their top three issues in career decisions.</span> <span data-start-time='95958' data-end-time='112313'>SnagAJob.com, an online marketplace for hourly workers, says the word “flexibility” now appears in about 11 percent of the more than 7 million job postings on its site. </span> <span data-start-time='112313' data-end-time='116521'>That number was around 8 percent earlier in the year.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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