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American wage and job growth to chill this fall, warm by year-end
American wage growth in 2021 has been the most robust in 20 years, spurred by economic reopening as workers get vaccinated, according to economic research group The Conference Board. But that may be about to change. That spurt of American wage growth may be about slow despite continued labor shortages in some businesses and the […]
Google Full Time Employees Petition Management To Pay Cheated Temps
16/09/2021 Comments Off on Google Full Time Employees Petition Management To Pay Cheated Temps
September 16, 2021 — Dozens of Google full time employees signed a petition addressed to Google’s executives calling for tech giant to immediately pay back all temps, vendors and contractors — referred to as TVCs — who were knowingly underpaid by Google. The petition, sent to Google top executives Adrienne Crowther, Deepak Negi, Kent Walker, […]
Continue reading …Trump Tax Law Lets Executives Net Millions By Slashing Their Own Salaries
05/09/2021 Comments Off on Trump Tax Law Lets Executives Net Millions By Slashing Their Own Salaries
By Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott — In the months after President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, some tax professionals grew giddy as they discovered opportunities for their clients inside a law that already slashed rates for corporations and wealthy individuals. At a May 2018 conference of financial […]
Continue reading …5 Facts About Black Women In The Labor Force
06/08/2021 Comments Off on 5 Facts About Black Women In The Labor Force
By Mathilde Roux • August 3, 2021, US Dept. of Labor Blog — Black women are an integral part of the American labor force but have long faced a pay gap due to longstanding inequities in education and the labor market. In addition, they have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and are over-represented in […]
Continue reading …Minimum Wage Lost 21% Of Its Value Since Congress Last Raised It In 2009
28/07/2021 Comments Off on Minimum Wage Lost 21% Of Its Value Since Congress Last Raised It In 2009
By Ben Zipperer, Working Economics Blog, Economic Policy Institute After the longest period in history without an increase, the federal minimum wage today is worth 21% less than 12 years ago — and 34% less than in 1968. Saturday marked 12 years since the last federal minimum wage increase on July 24, 2009, the longest […]
Continue reading …Ending Inequality – Everything You Need To Know About Taxing The Wealthy And Corporations
26/07/2021 Comments Off on Ending Inequality – Everything You Need To Know About Taxing The Wealthy And Corporations
11 Charts On Ending Inequality By Taxing the Wealthy And Corporations Taxing the wealthy and corporations: Here’s everything you need to know about the urgency of fair tax reforms to pay for vital public investments and reverse extreme inequality. July 8, 2021By Brian Wakamo, Sarah Anderson, Justin Campos Originally in Inequality.org President Joe Biden and […]
Continue reading …If the Minimum Wage Grew As Much As A Wall Street Bonus Since 1985, It Would Be $44 Today
22/07/2021 Comments Off on If the Minimum Wage Grew As Much As A Wall Street Bonus Since 1985, It Would Be $44 Today
The 2020 bonus pool for 182,100 securities industry employees could pay for more than 1 million jobs at a $15 minimum wage for a year. March 29, 2021By Sarah Anderson Originally in Inequality.org While low-wage workers are still waiting for a raise in the minimum wage, Wall Street employees enjoyed a 10 percent bump in […]
Continue reading …Class of 2018 Engineering majors have highest projected starting salary at $66,521
17/01/2018 Comments Off on Class of 2018 Engineering majors have highest projected starting salary at $66,521
Engineering majors from the class of 2018 have a projected average starting salary of $66,521, the highest of all majors, according to a report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Computer science graduates are projected to receive the second-highest starting salary at $66,005.
Both fields are up less than 1% from last year.
Data for the report came from NACE’s Winter 2018 Salary Survey, which included 196 survey responses collected between Aug. 9 and Dec. 4 in the US.
Broad category
2018 projected average salary
2017 projected average salary
Engineering
$66,521
$66,097
Computer science
$66,005
$65,540
Math & sciences
$61,867
$59,368
Business
$56,720
$54,803
Social sciences
$56,689
$53,459
Humanities
$56,688
$48,733
Agriculture & natural resources
$53,565
$54,364
Communications
$51,448
$51,925
Homer Simpson’s 100+ Jobs From CEO To Mini-Golf Assistant: An Analysis
20/09/2016 Comments Off on Homer Simpson’s 100+ Jobs From CEO To Mini-Golf Assistant: An Analysis
By Zachary Crockett — In an early episode of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson walks with Marge through downtown Springfield. “Careful now,” he admonishes his wife. “These are dangerous streets for us upper-lower-middle-class types.” This is Homer’s first admission to being “middle-class” — but for the rest of us, this always seemed obvious. Homer has all the trappings […]
Continue reading …Walmart Workers – With Raises For Some More Hours Is Next Goal
25/02/2015 Comments Off on Walmart Workers – With Raises For Some More Hours Is Next Goal
By HIROKO TABUCHI — Even with the wage increases the chain recently announced, Walmart workers often do not get enough hours to make ends meet, leaving them in a precarious financial state. Read more about Walmart workers at the source: The New York Times – The New American Job Newsfeed What raises mean for Walmart Workers – From […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
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