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One morning in 2019, an auditor arrived at a meatpacking plant in rural Minnesota. He was there on behalf of the national drugstore chain Walgreens to ensure that the factory, which made the company’s house brand of beef jerky, was safe and free of labor abuses. He ran through a checklist of hundreds of possible […]
The labor market proved unexpectedly solid in November, with both payrolls and pay increasing — elevating hopes of a soft landing for the U.S. economy. Nonfarm payrolls rose 199,000 last month and the unemployment rate fell to 3.7%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday. The monthly job additions exceeded expectations, which had economists […]
U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, the fewest since March 2021, in a sign that hiring is cooling in the face of higher interest rates yet remains at a still-healthy pace By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer December 5, 2023, 10:19 AM ET • 3 min read WASHINGTON — U.S. employers posted […]
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – A federal investigation has recovered $98,316 in back wages and liquidated damages for 32 security guards who the Muskegon Heights Housing Commission failed to pay overtime wages because the Michigan employer misclassified them as independent contractors. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the commission paid the guards at Parkside […]
When Cher Scarlett began speaking up about labor issues at Apple Inc., she knew she was at risk of losing her software engineering job, but was confident she could find another. Yet two years after her departure from the iPhone maker, Scarlett says she has struggled to secure employment, lending credence to fears among many […]
This article is from Headway, an initiative from The New York Times exploring the world’s challenges through the lens of progress. Headway looks for promising solutions, notable experiments and lessons from what has been tried. Jack Walker is a union man. He drives a garbage truck in Memphis, where his route can take him barreling […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the publication of a final rule that revises federal regulations that govern the Employment Service, the nationwide system of public employment offices. Enacted in 1933, the Wagner-Peyser Act established the nationwide system to support the nation’s labor markets by bringing together people seeking employment with employers in […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested the government of Mexico review an allegation that workers’ rights are being denied at the Autoliv auto parts plant in Querétaro, Mexico. The request for review follows an Oct. 18, 2023 petition filed by Transformación Sindical, a trade union, alleging Autoliv Steering Wheels Mexico, S. […]
MONTGOMERY, AL – Federal investigators have recovered $532,842 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Montgomery home healthcare business that misclassified 67 employees as independent contractors, and incurred overtime wage violations as a result. U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Jennings Professional Services, an in-home, day and overnight healthcare provider, paid the […]
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