Labor issues
McDonald’s franchisees fined after 305 minors, including 10-year-olds, found working illegally
McDonald’s location in Louisville, Kentucky. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images More than 300 minors — including two 10-year-olds who were unpaid — were found to be working in violation of federal labor laws at McDonald’s franchise restaurants across Kentucky and other states, the U.S. Labor Department said this week. The franchisees in total […]
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2022 was the ‘real year of the Wonderful Resignation,’ suggests economist
Important Points About 50.5 million persons stop their employment in 2022, besting the prior history set in 2021, in accordance to the federal JOLTS report. The pandemic-period craze of elevated voluntary departures arrived to be recognized as the Excellent Resignation. Most folks give up to choose new jobs, not to depart the workforce altogether. Enough […]
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These states are raising their minimum wages in 2023. Chart shows where workers can expect higher pay
Labor activists hold a rally in support of a national $15 minimum wage on May 19, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images As the calendar turns to 2023, workers in more than half of all states have something to look forward to this year: a higher minimum wage. […]
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Iphone maker Foxconn entices angry personnel in China to return as Apple faces offer crunch
Foxconn personnel at Taiwanese firm’s Zhengzhou, China manufacturing unit, walked out over a pay out dispute with the firm. The Zhengzhou factory is estimated to account for additional than 70% of Apple’s worldwide assembly of iPhones. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Photos Foxconn is presenting huge bonuses to entice employees back to its Zhengzhou, […]
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A ‘catastrophe’ is coming for the overall economy, but it really is not recession or inflation, claims Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks in the course of a news convention at the White Property in Washington, April 2, 2021. Erin Scott | Reuters There has been a whole lot of talk about looming layoffs, and by some new surveying, as lots of as half of large employers are imagining about labor price […]
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Renewed risk of rail strike has offer chain administrators ramping up contingency programs
An aerial view of delivery containers and freight railway trains in advance of a feasible strike if there is no deal with the rail employee unions, at the BNSF Los Angeles Intermodal Facility rail yard in Los Angeles, California, September 15, 2022. Bing Guan | Reuters Logistics managers are dusting off their plans for a […]
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Heiress and shareholder Abigail Disney on how to bring magic back to capitalism
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 20: Abigail Disney speaks at Firehouse DCTV’s Cinema For Documentary Film Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on September 20, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) Santiago Felipe | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Abigail Disney, a grandniece of Walt Disney and shareholder in the media giant, […]
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It can be been an employee’s industry in Asia-Pacific, but a recession could modify that, Mercer says
It is really been an “employee’s market” — a 3rd of Asia-Pacific’s companies have available increased salaries to entice talent, in accordance to Mercer. But the tables might be turning as fears of economic downturn grow, reported the consulting company. “Firms are setting up to get careful, in particular [in] the next 50 percent of […]
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Amazon’s first U.S. union faces an uphill battle after historic win at Staten Island warehouse
When more than 2,600 workers at a Staten Island, New York, warehouse called JFK8 voted to join Amazon’s first U.S. union in April, it was a historic moment. But it was only the first step in a long uphill climb toward a contract. A week after the union won the election at JFK8, Amazon filed […]
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There’s a battle over inflation-linked pay adding to European port contagion
The growing congestion at ports in Germany and the Netherlands, which could delay car and furniture shipments to the U.S. for weeks, shows no signs of clearing up as the latest round of labor negotiations between the Central Association of German Seaport Companies (ZDS) and ver.di, the German labor union, ended with no agreement. A […]
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