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By David Stephanides — The WK Labor & Employment Law Library provides publications in a single comprehensive source for labor and employment law. WK publications include fair employment practices, labor relations and disabilities law at the federal and state levels and provides comprehensive primary source research materials, annotated explanations along with news and current developments. Aspen Publishers […]
14 states boost minimum wage in January; federal contract employees get raise
04/02/2016 Comments Off on 14 states boost minimum wage in January; federal contract employees get raise
By David Stephanides – As 2016 begins, the Department of Labor continued its push for a increase by underscoring the progress that has been made while federal lawmakers are still sitting on their hands. Noting that in the absence of a national raise, states and localities have taken action, the DOL’s chief economist, Heidi Shierholz, pointed out […]
Continue reading …Southern California Garment Workers Owed Millions In Unpaid Wages
14/11/2014 Comments Off on Southern California Garment Workers Owed Millions In Unpaid Wages
Widespread labor violations by Southern California apparel manufacturing industry employers costs garment workers millions of dollars a year in unpaid wages, the U.S. Labor Department reports. Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Labor Department conducted 221 investigations this year of garment industry employers, mostly in and around Los Angeles. Investigators found more than $3 […]
Continue reading …Predatory Payday Lenders: On Victory Drive, Soldiers Defeated By Debt
18/05/2013 Comments Off on Predatory Payday Lenders: On Victory Drive, Soldiers Defeated By Debt
By Paul Kiel and Krista Kjellman Schmid, ProPublica, and Mitchell Hartman, Marketplace– Seven years after Congress banned payday-loan companies from charging exorbitant interest rates to service members, many of the nation’s military bases are surrounded by storefront lenders who charge high annual percentage rates, sometimes exceeding 400%. The Military Lending Act sought to protect service members […]
Continue reading …No Just-Cause: In 49 Of 50 U.S. States You Can Be Fired For Any Reason
09/05/2013 Comments Off on No Just-Cause: In 49 Of 50 U.S. States You Can Be Fired For Any Reason
By JAKE BLUMGART, AlterNet— Don’t get too comfy at your desk, your job might not be as secure as you think. Anecdotal reports from labor lawyers and a few polls show that most Americans believe their bosses must have a good reason to kick them to the curb. We labor under the illusion of what […]
Continue reading …Bizarre Boss Requests – 5 Ways To Say No And Not Get Fired
08/05/2013 Comments Off on Bizarre Boss Requests – 5 Ways To Say No And Not Get Fired
By VICKIE ELMER— Bosses’ requests can be bizarre – and occasionally illegal. Take for example, the boss who asked a co-worker to spy on senior management. Or the one who asked to have her dog’s toenails clipped. Then there’s the one who asked a colleague to serve as a surrogate mother for his child. All […]
Continue reading …Wage Theft And Predatory Corporations – When The Boss Steals Your Pay
01/05/2013 Comments Off on Wage Theft And Predatory Corporations – When The Boss Steals Your Pay
This article on wage theft is part of an ongoing AlterNet series, “The Age of Fraud.“ By LYNN STUART PARRAMORE, AlterNet— Imagine you’ve just landed a job with a big-time retailer. Your task is to load and unload boxes from trucks and containers. It’s backbreaking work. You toil 12 to 16 hours a day, often without […]
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When President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law in 1963, women were earning an average of 59 cents on the dollar compared to men. While women hold nearly half of today’s jobs, and their earnings account for a significant portion of the household income that sustains the financial wellbeing of their families, they […]
Continue reading …Equal Pay Day: Association Publishes Latest Analysis Of The Gender Pay Gap
09/04/2013 Comments Off on Equal Pay Day: Association Publishes Latest Analysis Of The Gender Pay Gap
A must-read for Equal Pay Day, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) has published its annual pay gap analysis, The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap, complete with charts on the gender pay gap broken down by state, race/ethnicity, education, and age. The analysis shows that one of the widest pay gap disparities is […]
Continue reading …Study: Women’s Pay Is Less Than Men In Every State And Major City
08/04/2013 Comments Off on Study: Women’s Pay Is Less Than Men In Every State And Major City
A new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows the gender-based pay gap hurts women and families in every single U.S. state and all of the nation’s major metropolitan areas. Nationally, women with full-time jobs are paid 77 cents for every dollar paid to men who hold full-time jobs, according to the study conducted by […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill