Tag: Labor

Maryland Live! employees want minimum wage for training course

Kyla Asbury · October 21, 2014 3:43 pm

Lawyers, PACs and unions flock to W.Va. to fund U.S. House races

David Yates · October 21, 2014 3:38 pm

SC jobless rate up to 6.6 percent in September

Meg Kinnard · October 21, 2014 2:48 pm

FILE - In this June 4, 2014, file photo Labor Secretary Thomas Perez speaks in Washington. Perez sought Monday, Oct. 20 to re-energize President Barack Obama's stalled push for raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour and for making paid leave for mothers of newborns more widely available. Speaking at the National Press Club, Perez also suggested that many U.S. workers have failed to benefit from the nation's economic recovery. (AP Photo/Connor Radnovich, File)

Labor Secretary Perez pushes Obama jobs proposals

Tom Raum · October 20, 2014 10:26 pm

Retiree says FirstEnergy violated labor contracts

Kyla Asbury · October 20, 2014 3:46 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2014 file photo, Freddy Jerez, of Hollywood, Fla., fills out a job application during a job fair in Sunrise. Fla. A quarterly survey by the National Association for Business Economics released Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 found that only 24 percent of companies increased wages and salaries in the July-September quarter. That's down from 43 percent in the April-June quarter and the first drop after three straight increases. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Survey: Pay raises rarer despite strong US hiring

Christopher Rugaber · October 20, 2014 1:38 pm

Scot Beckenbaugh, FMCS's deputy director, had his duty station listed as Iowa for five years while he lived in D.C., with FMCS paying his apartment rent. He still files taxes in Iowa. (AP/Jack Dempsey)

FMCS OKs higher locality pay for employees working in distant low-tax states

Luke Rosiak · October 20, 2014 9:00 am

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Think Tanks: Obama sides with Amazon against workers

none · October 20, 2014 9:00 am

Black Caucus pushes for more minority contracts

Washington Examiner · October 18, 2014 3:01 pm

Taj Mahal workers furious after contract voided

Sean Carlin · October 18, 2014 2:54 pm

NSA reviewing official’s part-time private work

Ken Dilanian · October 17, 2014 9:08 pm

Schneiderman suing Papa John’s franchisee for underpaid wages

Ashley Perry · October 17, 2014 6:30 pm