more than 36,500 employees by an average of 10% over the next several months.


All of these efforts to spur hiring underscore the increasing concern on the part of many that the economic recovery is in serious jeopardy just as the country is fully reopening. Whether the recent failure of the hiring rate to even approach the numbers forecast by economists is a trend that will continue no one can tell. It may well be that the efforts to make jobs more financially attractive in a rapidly expanding economy, coupled with an end to the enhanced federal unemployment benefits, will finally cause those workers who have remained comfortably on the sidelines to finally return to the workplace. All we can do is wait and see.


About the Author Richard D. Alaniz is a partner at Alaniz Law & Associates, PLLC, a labor and employment firm based in Houston. He has been at the forefront of labor and employment law for over forty years, including stints with the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board. Rick is a prolific writer on labor and employment law


and conducts frequent


seminars to client companies and trade associations across the country. Questions about this article, or requests to subscribe to receive Rick’s monthly articles, can be addressed to Rick at (281) 833-2200 or ralaniz@ alaniz-law.com.


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