The Productivity–Pay Gap
From 1979 to 2018, net productivity rose 108.1 percent, while the hourly pay of typical workers essentially stagnated—increasing only 11.6 percent over 39 years (after adjusting for inflation). This means [...]
From 1979 to 2018, net productivity rose 108.1 percent, while the hourly pay of typical workers essentially stagnated—increasing only 11.6 percent over 39 years (after adjusting for inflation). This means [...]
“Partnerships between government and prosecutors will help us better fight wage theft and other unlawful employment practices that harm employees and law-abiding businesses,” Raoul said. - WorkersCompensation.com Illinois is taking [...]
Misclassification of workers across numerous industries is a problem not only for employees who should be receiving certain benefits, but also for society at large when payroll tax, unemployment insurance [...]
Now, nearly all large projects that request tax incentives will have workforce labor goals of 20% apprentice hours, 25% minority hours, 7% women hours and 23% city resident hours. - [...]
No industry has been immune from job loss in this health crisis, but for service workers like May-Seward, it’s been particularly awful. - HuffPost From the large restaurant chain to [...]
"There’s been constant union-busting behavior among too many employers." - USA Today Companies in the US are seeing the lack of oversight from the federal government during this pandemic as [...]
“The whole point of this is to be able to keep jobs local, to make sure that we’re supporting our local manufacturers as we do it.” - Dispatch-Argus Federal transportation [...]
This of course discourages people from returning to work or taking a new job, thus delaying the recovery.” - Roll Call When the head of the Department of Labor believes [...]
Wage theft doesn’t just harm workers, it also cheats the state of tax revenue and workers’ comp contributions, and it’s unfair to competitors who play by the rules, says Victor [...]
News of Target's pay hikes comes after two of its key competitors – Amazon and Kroger – caused an outcry among their own employees and the unions that represent them [...]