• One of the top manufacturing challenges in 2024 is finding skilled labor for technical roles in AI and automation, according to Manufacturing Dive.
• Ohio manufacturing added 1,100 (0.2%) new jobs throughout 2023, according to updated data, for a total of 690,200 jobs as of last December.
• OMA Connections Partner Fisher Phillips will host a Feb. 1 complimentary webinar to help employers navigate HR and regulatory changes in 2024.
• OMA Connections Partner Plante Moran has made available this on-demand webinar titled “Benefit Plan Roundup: SECURE 2.0 and Your 2024 Checklist.”
• The NLRB has brought at least 100 cases against Starbucks, alleging more than 1,000 illegal actions, often tied to union organizing, according to OMA Connections Partner Benesch.

Meanwhile, union membership nationwide — as a percentage of the workforce — reached a record low in 2022, the last year of published data. 1/25/2024