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Seemingly no amount of empirical evidence can convince progressives that raising minimum wages to artificially elevated levels is a bad idea. Somehow the basic idea that raising the cost of a good ultimately results in lower consumption of that good
A dispute over salary between Tom Cruise and Paramount has halted preproduction on Mission: Impossible 6, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Sources estimate that 20 Blaze employees will lose their jobs in New York, a dozen in Washington, five in Ohio, and two or three in L.A. to satisfy the requirements of a multimillion-dollar bank loan.
Sources estimate that 20 Blaze employees will lose their jobs in New York, a dozen in Washington, five in Ohio, and two or three in L.A. to satisfy the requirements of a multimillion-dollar bank loan.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, among its other functions, decides "hostile work environment" harassment claims brought against federal agencies.
Fedoras are a do, but bucket hats are a don't. Colors such as charcoal, navy, brown and black are in -- bright ones like red and yellow are out. Patterns are cool, as long as they are small and subtle, and denim works as long as it's not light-w
Why, since the early 1970's, have wage-earners' income been so stagnant? Is it that labor is less valued in society? Some sinister plot? Or is it something else...something so obvious...?
Depending on who you ask, the Millennial generation is either a lazy, entitled bunch of whiners, or they've been screwed by a rigged economy that doesn't provide enough opportunities, and given false expectations of prosperity by their parents. I
A basic economic premise holds that when the price of something rises, people seek to economize on its use. They seek substitutes for that which has risen in price. Recent years have seen proposals for an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 a
While French unions step up protests against labour reforms, over 100,000 homes and businesses in France were left struggling without power on Thursday after workers in Brittany cut off the electricity supply from a power station.
A record 94,708,000 Americans were not in the labor force in May -- 664,000 more than in April -- and the labor force participation rate dropped two-tenths of a point to 62.6 percent, near its 38-year low, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Stati
Ever since WalMart decided to increase its minimum wage and then give all employees a 2% pay raise, it has been forced to slash guidance and move forward with mass layoffs in order to cut costs (it had to offset the multi-billion dollar short-term PR
Soon you may be ordering your pizza from a robot at your next visit to Pizza Hut. DON REISINGER for PC Mag reports, MasterCard has inked a deal with Pizza Hut to bring Pepper, the Humanoid robot to restaurants across Asia by the end of 2016.
The manufacturing hub for the electronics industry, Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, is seeking a drastic reduction in labour costs as it undergoes a makeover after an industrial explosion killed 146 people in 2014.
The manufacturing hub for the electronics industry, Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, is seeking a drastic reduction in labour costs as it undergoes a makeover after an industrial explosion killed 146 people in 2014.
Millions more American workers will soon be eligible for overtime pay under a rule being finalized Wednesday by the Labor Department.
The rule says anyone who makes less than $47,476 per year must receive time-and-a-half pay for hours worked beyon
Some of the richest, smartest and most powerful humans have an important message for the rest of us as they convened this week to discuss pressing global issues: the robots are coming.
Two years ago, Swiss voters had a national referendum that would have set the nation's minimum wage at $25 an hour. A whopping 76.3 percent of voters voted NO to the referendum. Switzerland has no minimum wage and Swiss workers are among the highes
What if the latest craze among the big-government crowd in both major political parties is to use the power of government to force employers to pay some of their employees more than their services are worth to the employers?
When it comes to jobs growth in the US, all one can say is thank god for waiters and bartenders: after all, a Starbucks barista is precisely what a recently fired oil chemical engineer making half a million dollars really wants to do with their life.
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