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Biden Just Saved the 40-Hour Work Week
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApril 23 marked a defining moment for the Biden administration, a watershed of multiple significant actions to protect the interests of working people....
A Federal Proposal Could Turn Gig Workers Into Employees. Here's What That Means
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA DoorDash delivery driver riding a bicycle picks up food from a restaurant in New York City Credit...
Judge awards $2+ million to cable installers who alleged wage theft, fair labor violations
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPROVIDENCE – A federal judge has awarded more than $2 million to seven cable installers who worked...
The owner of an upscale Doral food hall shorted workers $225,000 in pay, lawsuit says
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoFormer bar staff at Doral’s Shoma Bazaar say their bosses underpaid them by $225,451 by dipping into...
Labor Department rule seeks to provide 3.6M low-paid salary workers overtime pay
United Press International via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe U.S. Department of Labor Wednesday proposed a new overtime rule guaranteeing overtime pay for...
My Take: USDOL rule would decimate Michigan’s gig economy, drive up costs
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLast month, the U.S. Department of Labor proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
Court rules CRST team drivers must be paid for some hours in sleeper berth
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoThe Fair Labor Standards Act can be applied to team drivers for some of the time spent in the...
U.S. Department of Labor finds $1 million owed to Kentucky workers. How to claim yours
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAcross the country, more than 208,000 workers are owed roughly $161.4 million in back wages from companies, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. In Kentucky, the ...
The 40 Hour Work Week: Who Came Up With It?
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoEveryone is trying to achieve the perfect work-life balance. But what would happen if you worked fewer hours to achieve it? Would it really be good all...
Opinion: Protect Iowa's children from harm at the workplace
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLast November, the U.S. Department of Labor filed an injunction in U.S. District Court in Nebraska...