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Today’s blog is a long one, so we are going to knock out this introduction quickly.

The Biden administration is seeking to require businesses with more than 100 employees to mandate vaccination or weekly testing among their workforces. In response, earlier this week, one of the nation’s largest trade groups reached out to the administration with a series of questions and concerns, not challenging the potential new policy but instead pleading for clarity and consistency in its implantation and application.

Remember spring? It was a really fun and hopeful time. Businesses were reopening, families were reuniting, and a coordinated, nation-wide vaccination effort was in full swing.

On July 21, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (CDFH) filed suit against Activision Blizzard, one of the largest gaming companies in the world, accusing it of fostering a “frat boy” culture that subjects its female employees to sexual harassment, retaliation, and unequal pay.

As we recently discussed in this market research blog, industries are finding difficulty filling low-wage jobs as demand returns to pre-pandemic levels.