Alexandra Middlewood, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wichita State Unive
The deal between the two sides came just before a Friday morning deadline to avoid a freight railroad strike.
USDA to gather data about farm labor
Three-year rollout, starting with payroll reports, is planned to replace mainframe dating back to 1993.
The Indiana Department of Labor has given analysis of employers’ COVID response. The department says that employers made diligent efforts to protect employees during the pandemic. The following is the press release about the analysis from the Indiana Department of Labor: As the federal government cu…
An Iowa home health care provider, accused of failing to pay overtime wages, has agreed to a settlement with federal labor officials.
<p>The Kansas State Fair kicked off with a debate between two candidates for governor. During the debate, Republican Derek Schmidt was asked if Kansas is better off today than it was under former Gov. Sam Brownback. Schmidt refused to answer the question.</p> <p>As a state are we better off? Y…
Federal officials announced a tentative agreement late Wednesday between Union Pacific and unions representing workers, avoiding service interruptions anticipated Friday for Caltrain between Gilroy and San Jose.
Ernst & Young LLP has been sued by a former partner who says she was forced out of her job for refusing to sign off on client transactions that violated tax and securities laws.
Former NYPD Sergeant Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement Scheme Department of Justice
A federal commission leveled $96,000 in penalties against Peabody Midwest Mining for a safety failure at an Indiana site that could have been catastrophic. No one was injured or killed.
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, September 12 - The Illinois Department of Labor’s (IDOL) Division of Occupational Safety and Health has released the results of an
During Workforce Development Month, Gov. Tony Evers’ Council on Workforce Investment (CWI) on Monday held its regular meeting in Janesville, wher
Rail workers are demanding better working conditions, including sick leave and accommodations for unscheduled time off.
U.S. President Joseph R. Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador relaunched the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) in 2021 to
Thank you very much, Congresswoman, and thank you for encouraging me to come to your district and to see so many of the great things going on here for myself.
On August 16, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a webinar examining its current priorities and initiatives. It is...
In the United States, minimum wage laws are set at the state and federal level. Although the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 since 2009, many states have increased their own minimum wage levels to supersede the national figure. In California, for example, the state’s $15-an-hour minimum a…
The Justice Department announced today that it had resolved a claim that American Airlines (American) violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by underfunding the 401(k) retirement account of Thomas P. Harwood III, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserv…
For decades, corn detasseling was a customary summer job for teenagers in Nebraska and the rest of the Corn Belt. In recent years, however, agriculture companies are relying more on migrant labor to do this work through a visa program meant to supplement the local workforce.