Sanders and O'Malley: Raise minimum wage to $15. Is it feasible?
During Saturday night’s Democratic Presidential debate, candidate Bernie Sanders said he will “apologize to nobody” for his intent to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour. Sanders...
View ArticleFact-Checking The Second Democratic Debate
The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Summary The three Democratic presidential candidates faced off on a Saturday night, and made several inaccurate claims: Former Maryland Gov. Martin...
View ArticlePapa John’s owner jailed, fined for stiffing workers amid probe
The owner of nine New York City Papa John’s pizzerias was sentenced on Monday to 60 days in jail for short-changing his employees $230,000 in pay. It is the first known time a franchisee of a national...
View ArticleWorkers to get new wages from this month
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the plantation labour committee (PLC) meeting here on Monday, the government stood firm on...
View ArticleWorkers to get revised wages from this month
Thiruvananthapuram: In the plantation labour committee (PLC) meeting here on Monday, the government stood firm on...
View ArticleWill the Fed walk the talk? (ABN Amro Holding NV)
(Source: ABN Amro Holding NV) Share Just a few weeks ago, the Fed had been delivering mixed messages about the possibilities of a rate hike. The statement of the October meeting, however, introduced...
View ArticleEmployers’ common message: More labour market flexibility needed (ECSI -...
(Source: ECSI - Employers´ Confederation of Service Industries) The Secretary General of the International Employers´ Organisation IOE Linda Kromjong stresses the necessity of structural changes to...
View ArticleGovernment media briefing on water scarcity and drought (Department of...
(Source: Department of Government Communication & Information System - Republic of South Africa) 13 November 2015 Colleague Ministers Executive Mayors Directors-General City Managers Members of the...
View ArticleJudgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-115/14 (CURIA - European Court of...
(Source: CURIA - European Court of Justice) The award of public contracts may be made subject by law to a minimum wage Court of Justice of the European Union PRESS RELEASE No 139/15 Luxembourg, 17...
View ArticlePlanters agree to hike wages from November
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The government on Monday put its foot down forcing the hesitant plantation owners to implement the wage hike for tea, rubber and cardamom plantation workers decided on October 15....
View ArticleSanders on wage inequality; Clinton on donors
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders persisted in using shopworn stats on income inequality and Hillary Rodham Clinton glossed over the well-heeled donors to her campaign in the latest Democratic...
View ArticleWhy dishwashers earn more in Hong Kong than in most places
What do worker complaints about long working hours, parental dissatisfaction with the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA), dishwasher salaries, and earnings inequality have in common? They are all...
View ArticleWake commissioners vote to boost workers’ pay to $13.50/hour
RALEIGH – Wake County commissioners have voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for county workers to $13.50 an hour. Local media outlets report Monday’s vote affects about 75 of the county’s...
View ArticleRemarks by President Zuma at the G 20 Summit, on Global Economy, Growth and...
(Source: The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa) 15 November 2015 Your Excellencies; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen; As many of you have said here today, as well as the...
View ArticleUnemployment and Underemployment Statistics for Aug - Oct 2015 (C&SD - Census...
(Source: C&SD - Census and Statistics Department) Unemployment and underemployment statistics for August - October 2015 ****************************************************** According to the...
View ArticleAP FACT CHECK: Sanders on 1 percent; Clinton on health law
WASHINGTON (AP) Bernie Sanders persisted in using shopworn stats on income inequality and Hillary Rodham Clinton went a bit overboard in describing Republican zeal to dismantle the health care law in...
View ArticleAP FACT CHECK: Clinton on guns; Sanders on wage inequality
WASHINGTON (AP) Bernie Sanders persisted in using shopworn stats on income inequality and Hillary Rodham Clinton glossed over the well-heeled donors to her campaign in the latest Democratic...
View ArticleAP FACT CHECK: Sanders on wage inequality; Clinton on donors
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders persisted in using shopworn stats on income inequality and Hillary Rodham Clinton glossed over the well-heeled donors to her campaign in the latest Democratic...
View ArticleNo wages for workers of tea company for 4 months
Workers of Peerumade Tea Company Ltd., which was reopened one-and-a-half years after remaining closed for 13 years, have not been paid wages for the past four months. There are two divisions —...
View ArticleWork scarce for adept migrants
He is allowed to stay in New Zealand permanently because the Government deemed his skills useful to the country. But the only jobs qualified mechanical engineer Jaspreet Singh has found in three years...
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