Are the 2024 elections to blame for the current labor market?

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The current political climate isn’t only stressing out employees, it’s stressing out the job market, too. And job seekers are getting caught in the crossfire

Seventy-three percent of Americans cited the 2024 elections as a major contributing factor to their increase in anxiety, according to the American Psychiatric Association. Much of that fear pertains to how the ongoing politics will affect not only current employees, but job seekers too. The answer, unfortunately, is that both demographics will face a challenging few months until November. 

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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