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 [...]