DTCI: Oh, won’t you stay … just a little bit longer?

They are calling it the Great Resignation. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4.4 million Americans voluntarily left their jobs in September 2021, culminating in six straight months where the number of voluntary separations from employment exceeded pre-pandemic highs. New claims for unemployment compensation are at historic lows (a stark contrast to the record number of claims when workplaces closed down or reduced staff during the 2020 lockdowns), which can only mean that resigning Americans are primarily leaving to work elsewhere, rather than to not work.

Click here to read the full article written by Germaine Winnick Willett and published in The Indiana Lawyer.