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A Florida sushi restaurant has repaid staff $262,000 after it made servers share their tips with owners and managers, the Labor Department says
The sushi restaurant in Fort Myers made its 75 servers share their tips with its chefs, owners, and…
Grace Dean
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The Chick-fil-A franchisee who paid workers in chicken is now being fined by the Department of Labor
The owner of a Chick-fil-A franchise who offered to pay workers in chicken was ordered by the Depar…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Explained: How Digital India Act will replace old IT regime to tame Big Tech, safeguard users
The current Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 has several limitations, including the lack of co…
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The US Department of Labor says a California McDonald's franchisee owes over $25,000 in child labor penalties
The Department of Labor says the restaurant allowed minors to operate trash compactors, which are c…
Mary Meisenzahl
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A New Hampshire restaurant illegally shared workers' tips with managers, a Department of Labor investigation found
The DOL recovered almost $62,000 in tips and liquidated damages for 39 employees at Dos Amigos Burr…
Grace Dean
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A federal court ordered a New Jersey company and its co-managers to pay $712,000 to staff for deliberately denying overtime pay
The company violated labor laws by capping staff pay at eight hours a day, no matter how long they …
Grace Dean
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Student-loan borrowers 'shouldn't have to act as a labor economist' to prove a college misled them on job prospects and loaded them up with debt, Biden's Education Department says
For student-loan borrowers, proving they were defrauded by a school is difficult and can prevent de…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Instead of paying adults more, some states might let companies hire kids as young as 14 to fill the labor shortage
Republicans in Iowa and Minnesota proposed bills to allow kids ages 14-17 to work jobs with a short…
Jason Lalljee
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Meet the Congressman pushing a 4-day work week law: 'I care about making capitalism sustainable and more humane'
Representative Mark Takano of California says it's time to build a new normal — and shorten the wor…
Juliana Kaplan
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As the labor shortage rages, employers 'most definitely' don't do enough to reach out to workers with disabilities
Businesses "just don't understand disability" so they make assumptions and miss out on an untapped …
Madison Hoff
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Drugs, danger, and discrimination: Portland's strippers describe precarious workplaces despite organizing for better conditions
Dancers in Portland say they still face discrimination and violence at work, from both management a…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Buy high-upside stocks in one specific corner of the financial sector as recession chatter gets louder, BofA says
American Express, Capital One, and other card issuers are "better positioned to withstand a weaker …
Carla Mozée
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A record-high 1 million restaurant and hotel workers quit in November — and it shows the labor shortage might really be a wage shortage
A record number of Americans decided to quit in November, with 1 in 16 leisure and hospitality work…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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A Mississippi restaurant repaid $169,000 to workers who got less than the minimum wage, the DOL said
Department of Labor investigation found that Super King Buffet in Hattiesburg had violated the Fair…
Grace Dean
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A Kroger store in Mississippi broke child labor laws by letting minors operate hazardous machinery, DOL says
Three stores in Portland operated by Kroger subsidiary Fred Meyer also violated laws on hazardous m…
Grace Dean
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The top 0.1% got a nearly 10% percent raise in 2020 — that's five times more than the bottom 90%
The top 1% earned 13.8% of all wages in 2020, according to the Economy Policy Institute. That left …
Juliana Kaplan,Andy Kiersz
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Europe's oldest surviving college was formed out of a strike 1,000 years ago by scholars demanding better pay, one of England's 'hip young historians' says
The University of Bologna was created when scholars went on strike for better wages, Dan Jones writ…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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South Carolina restaurant repays $624,000 to staff after tip pool is ruled illegal
Workers at a Charleston restaurant were made to pool their tips with those who do not usually get t…
Grace Dean
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Amazon workers in Alabama will vote again on forming a union after the US labor board invalidates election results
The NLRB found that Amazon had illegally influenced the original election, held earlier this year, …
Tyler Sonnemaker
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University of California president recommends suspending SAT or ACT test requirement until 2025
Under the proposal, the University of California would develop a standardized admissions test of it…