highly transmissible Omicron variant has led to a sharp increase in Covid-19 infections, forcing

467, 000 jobs while facing the Omicron variant, the Labor Department said last week.... Juneau said. Dan

Airlines encouraged workers to quit in 2020, when air travel collapsed, and carriers have struggled to make up ground this year, when air travel rebounded faster than almost anyone had expected.... Airlines had called on the Biden administration to shorten the quarantine period to alleviate staffing issues.... Transportation Security Administration data show that the number of passengers screened at TSA checkpoints during the holiday season went up significantly from last year — on some days d

“ Our members are saying things have changed since then, there have been issues with staff attendance and student attendance.... The problem is our members don’t feel this is enough.” She said that the NAHT raised this issue with DfE officials and the exam regulator Ofqual before Christmas, and again more recently.... It said their lack of action so far has been “ frustrating ”....

NEW YORK: The surging Omicron variant is complicating the recovery for a world economy that

virus-related sick calls. Despite Omicron, American consumers appeared undaunted....

BERLIN--A group representing Germany's machinery industry said Tuesday it expects a weaker rebound in production this year than previously forecast because of persistent supply chain bottlenecks. The VDMA group said it now expects production to grow by 7% this year to a value of about 219 billion euros($ 247 billion), down from the 10% it predicted in September.... Last year, production of machinery — a major German export — dropped by nearly 12%. VDMA said that new orders significantly outpace

this year.... The disruptions come just as travel numbers climb higher going into the New Year’s

British travelers faced more disruptions during the Easter holiday break as two major airlines

disrupted at ports in Shenzhen, Shanghai or nearby Ningbo. They link Chinese factories that assemble most