Labor Department moves to ease franchise liability for wage violations
From today’s Reuters News: The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday issued a proposal that would make it more difficult to prove companies are liable for the wage law violations…
From today’s Reuters News: The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday issued a proposal that would make it more difficult to prove companies are liable for the wage law violations…
From today’s CNBC News Online: McDonald’s will no longer take part in efforts to lobby against raising the minimum wage at the federal, state or local level, the fast-food giant…
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From today’s Los Angeles Times: With umbrellas in one hand and picket signs in the other, Los Angeles teachers braved cold, drizzly weather Monday morning as they walked off the…
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Amazon is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month. The company said Tuesday that the wage increase…
From today’s PBS News Hour: Over the past few years, many economic indicators have returned to where they were before the Great Recession — among them, the unemployment rate, which…
From today’s New York Times: U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is, Do those jobs pay enough to…
From today’s Washington Post: Rising prices have erased U.S. workers’ meager wage gains, the latest sign strong economic growth has not translated into greater prosperity for the middle class and…
From today’s Business Insider: Missouri voters on Tuesday struck down a right-to-work law by a resounding margin, representing a huge victory to the organized labor movement and a decisive blow…
From today’s New York Times: For Anthony Nighswander, rock-bottom unemployment is both a headache and an opportunity. For businesses and workers, it could be the key to reversing one of…