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Raising The Minimum Wage: The Graphic Story Of The Minimum Wage And The People Who Earn It In The United States. The federal minimum wage was last increased on July 24, 2009, when it rose from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour. It was the last step of a three-step minimum wage increase approved by Congress […]
Continue reading …Increasing the minimum wage would give as many as 28 million American workers a raise. According to the Economic Policy Institute, raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.80 per hour would give more than 28 million workers a raise. The increase would also create approximately 100,000 new jobs during three years, according to […]
Continue reading …Despite critics and naysayers the federal minimum wage in will celebrate its 75th anniversary in October. Some economists and many conservatives despise the federal minimum wage, but it has proven both popular and enduring. Due to political opposition, the minimum wage remained the same for a decade until 2007 when congress agreed to a three-step […]
Continue reading …By CHRIS HAMBY, Center for Public Integrity— A group of House Democrats has introduced legislation that aims to protect workers from combustible dust – a fire and explosion threat that has killed or injured hundreds in recent decades. Last year, the Center for Public Integrity examined the toll triggered by recent preventable tragedies – and the political and bureaucratic […]
Continue reading …By WideWorldOfWork.com — Hard times for the unemployed in North Carolina will sooner get a lot harder. Republican North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, lowering the maximum amount the state’s jobless workers can receive in unemployment insurance benefits by 35% from $535 to $350 a week starting July […]
Continue reading …Small business owners continue to complain of being unable to find enough qualified employees to fill certain jobs. In spite of the slow economy and high unemployment, 53% of U.S. small-business owners in January reported finding it very (23%) or somewhat difficult (30%) to find the qualified employees they need, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup […]
Continue reading …Infographic: What Employers Want Despite high unemployment, some U.S. employers can’t find enough workers with the right qualifications to fill their jobs. While the U.S. economy is growing slowly, there are industries and areas of the country — such as those at the center of the oil and gas boom — that are expanding rapidly. […]
Continue reading …Wage-and-hour litigation remains the fastest-growing area of employment litigation, according to the law firm Crowell & Moring. According to a 2011 NERA Economic Consulting study, employers paid an average of $5.8 million to settle a wage-and-hour case. There is some evidence that such settlement amounts have declined somewhat in recent years. However, the average employer […]
Continue reading …In his State of the Union address, President Obama focused attention on creating good jobs and growth in the U.S. economy. For the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), a national coalition of business organizations that together represent more than 160,000 small and medium businesses, the clear commitment to policies of investment versus austerity was welcome. […]
Continue reading …DOL Fact Sheet 13 Employment Relationship Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) This fact sheet provides general information concerning the meaning of “employment relationship” and the significance of that determination in applying provisions of the FLSA. FLSA Characteristics An employment relationship under the FLSA must be distinguished from a strictly contractual one. Such a […]
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