New Evidence of Age Bias in Hiring, and a Push to Fight It
From today’s New York Times: Across the United States, mammoth corporations and family businesses share a complaint: a shortage of workers. As the unemployment rate has tunneled its way to…
Walmart CEO to shareholders: America’s minimum wage is ‘too low’
From today’s CNN News Online: Walmart CEO Doug McMillon thinks the federal minimum wage is “too low.” Now the head of the country’s largest private employer is calling on Congress…
Many Adults Would Struggle to Find $400 in an emergency, the Fed Finds
From today’s New York Times: Four in 10 American adults wouldn’t be able to cover an unexpected $400 expense with cash, savings or a credit-card charge that could be quickly…
Walmart workers invite Sen. Sanders to crash the company’s annual meeting
From today’s Washington Post: For years, Walmart workers have attended the company’s annual shareholders meeting to call for higher wages, better benefits and more predictable schedules. This year they’ll have…
Uber drivers are contractors, not employees, U.S. labor agency says
From today’s Reuters News Service: Drivers for ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc are independent contractors and not employees, the general counsel of a U.S. labor agency has concluded, in an…
Workers, Should You Tell the World How Much Money You Make?
From today’s New York Times: There are many questions Alison Green is asked as a columnist who writes about workplace issues. There was the woman who wanted to know if…
Google workers want to end mandatory arbitration—Here’s why this matters
From today’s Washington Post: Employees at Google recently organized a phone drive to lobby Congress to end the practice of mandatory or forced arbitration, in which an arbitrator — typically…
Labor Dept. Says Workers at a Gig Company Are Contractors
From today’s New York Times: The Labor Department weighed in Monday on a question whose answer could be worth billions of dollars to gig-economy companies, deciding that one company’s workers…
SCOTUS To Hear Cases On Title VII Protections For LGBTQ Employees
From today’s NPR News Online: The Supreme Court has accepted three cases that ask whether federal anti-discrimination laws should apply to sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace, putting…
Employee Wellness Programs Yield Little Benefit, JAMA Study Shows
From today’s New York Times: Companies have long embraced workplace wellness programs as a way to improve workers’ health and reduce overall medical spending, but a new study may prompt…