Colleges and some coaches earn millions of dollars from major college sports, but student-athletes don’t even make minimum wage because they aren’t employees, at least not according to the National Collegiate Athletic... Read more »
Social Security benefits will rise by 3.2 percent next year, the Social Security Administration announced Oct. 12. The annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announced for 2024 is far lower than this year’s big... Read more »
The days of waiting two weeks or more for your paycheck to hit your bank account may be numbered. In an increasingly connected world—and one in which workers have higher expectations of... Read more »
The call to raise the federal minimum wage has created a fair share of debate, with opponents arguing the move will harm businesses by adding hardships or making them less competitive—but a... Read more »
Compensation for U.S. workers picked up again in the second quarter of the year, but at a slightly slower pace, evidence that employers are continuing to remain competitive with pay but that inflation... Read more »
Food company Chobani is beefing up benefits and wages in hopes of staying competitive in a continuing tight labor market, as well as alleviating pain points for employees in a challenging economy.... Read more »
California has re-established the Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC), an agency that can develop strict industry-specific rules that may affect wages, working conditions and workers’ rights. This move could help the Legislature get... Read more »
The government in British Columbia (B.C.) enacted the Pay Transparency Act in May to improve pay equity and address systemic discrimination that indigenous women, women of color, immigrant women, women with disabilities... Read more »
The Pennsylvania legislature is considering measures that would expand the state Equal Pay Law and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA). The following is a summary of the latest developments. Senate Bill... Read more »
?When Amy Hirsh Robinson took over as chief people officer at King’s Hawaiian in 2020, she came in with a bold approach: She wanted to kill the company’s performance reviews. “I’ve always... Read more »