Trying Times: Dealing With the Great Resignation and Employee Mental Health in a Remote Workforce

“Sophie,” a 26-year-old civil engineer, is on the verge of joining ‘The Great Resignation.’ After nearly two years of working from home, she reports being depressed, anxious, lonely, and in fear for her mental and physical health.  It doesn’t help that she’s single and living alone far from home, working out of an office space […]

The Great Resignation’s impact on Huntsville’s Workforce

While economists have called the recent trend of employees leaving their jobs “The Great Resignation,” questions have come into play about renaming the movement a migration. While there is little question job openings, which have reached record levels, are unfilled there is evidence it is because workers are leaving former positions for more lucrative ones. […]

HATCH Program Finds Success With First Two Cohorts

It’s been almost three years since HATCH co-founders Garret Coyne and Beth Boyer first talked about the idea for a hospitality workforce program that would empower its participants to lead self-sufficient lives. Their vision of HATCH is now a reality. Students from the program’s first and second cohort have seen their lives dramatically change after […]

Publix Celebrates its 14th Madison County Location at Hays Farm

Dozens of South Huntsville shoppers braved the cold on Tuesday so that they could be the first to experience the brand new Publix store located in The Market at Hays Farms on Memorial Parkway S.W. At 7:00 am, the ribbon was cut on Madison County’s 14th Publix location and the 48,000-suare-foot grocery store was open […]

Exploring America’s “Employee Market”: Questions Left Unanswered by Employment Rates

One local restaurant manager has his pulse on the workforce situation this country faces is in a pandemic environment. It’s not a comforting picture. The manager, who like many who were contacted for this story asked for his store or his name not to be used, said his chain restaurant was bracing against the same […]

Huntsville Lawyers Answer Questions about Business and Vaccinations for Employers and Employees

As the pandemic and its variants linger, companies are under increasing pressure to mandate vaccines. Employers and employees alike are beginning to question the legal ramifications of mandates in Madison County, as well as seeking clarifications about their potential culpability in enforcing them. Both parties have a flurry of questions ranging from ‘Can a business […]

The City of Huntsville’s 2022 Budget: Workforce Development, Quality of Life, and the City’s Standard

Huntsville’s growth is known far and wide, and last Thursday, September 09, Mayor Tommy Battle introduced the City of Huntsville’s FY 2022 General Fund Budget to keep up with the City’s growth. “Now that the 2020 census has deemed us the largest city in the state, we will continue our goal to be the best,” […]

City of Huntsville COVID Update: Rising Numbers, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Federal Mask Mandate

  The news was a mixed bag at the weekly press briefing of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Huntsville City Council chambers Wednesday. Jeff Samz, CEO of the Huntsville Hospital System, said the two facilities in the city and Madison have seen about a 10 percent drop in COVID-19 patients over the last two weeks. […]

Pizza Hut Hosts Job Fair; Hiring Dozens of Managers and Crew in North Alabama

Thinking about launching a new career? Concerned about losing your current position? Entry-level jobseeker, or restaurant management veteran? If so, GPS Hospitality, the North Alabama franchise for Burger King, Pizza Hut, and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is hosting a virtual job fair today from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.  Pizza Hut will be filling over 30 […]

Chamber Kicks Workforce Development Strategy Into Overdrive

It is a topic of conversation across the country but in Huntsville, workforce development is the greatest challenge city leaders face. Following the recent release of new 2020 census numbers now showing Huntsville as the largest city in Alabama, the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce has kicked their strategic plan for economic development and workforce […]