Railroads Offer Paid Sick Leave, Better Work Conditions After Yearslong Efficiency Push
Union Pacific, CSX and Norfolk Southern agree to labor-friendly policies to ease staffing strains. Source link
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More Workers Take Parental Leave as States, Employers Expand Eligibility
Listen to article(2 minutes)Shawna Freeman Lane, 34, continued to teach college-level business by laptop after she gave birth by C-section...
Massachusetts Court Blocks Gig-Worker Ballot Measure
The top court in Massachusetts blocked a ballot measure Tuesday that would have asked voters to classify gig workers as...
Trader Joe’s Workers Seek to Form a Union
A group of Trader Joe’s employees in Massachusetts filed with a federal agency to hold a union election, joining other...
Looking for $100,000 Salary? See How Much the Biggest U.S. Companies Pay Workers
Tesla (TSLA)$40,723-12%0099,290Automobiles & ComponentsBerkshire Hathaway (BRK-B)$58,881-14%6.35.6371,653Banks and financialActivision Blizzard (ATVI)$117,20718%7.01,5609,800Media & EntertainmentCopart (CPRT)$35,6381%147278,600Commercial & Professional ServicesAlphabet (GOOGL)$295,8848%2127156,500Media & EntertainmentMarketAxess (MKTX)$162,1209%3542676Banks...
Amazon Workers’ Union Victory Bolsters Revitalized Labor Movement
The union victory at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in New York City is the latest example of renewed interest in...
Kroger Workers Approve New Contract After Nine-Day Strike
More than 8,000 workers at Kroger Co. KR -3.12% ’s King Soopers grocery stores ratified a new three-year contract following...
AT&T Slashed Promised Life Insurance for Former Workers—and Time Runs Out at Year-End
When Dean Allison left his job as a property manager at AT&T T 0.36% in 1998, the company offered an...
Uber and Lyft Thought Prices Would Normalize by Now. Here’s Why They Are Still High.
Americans hailing an Uber or a Lyft ride still face elevated prices due to a shortage of drivers—the latest example...
Rethinking Pay and Benefits in a Hybrid Workplace
Imagine this workplace scenario: As the pandemic recedes, employees in Company X are given the option of returning to the...
Restaurants, Supermarkets Can’t Find Enough Workers to Open New Locations
The tight labor market is hampering new restaurant and supermarket openings, putting a potential check on growth in a food...
Amazon Leads by Wide Margin in Alabama Union Election
Federal officials are counting the votes in the closely watched union election by Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala.,...
Starting a Family? Company Benefits Favor IVF Over Adoption
Sarah Mahalchick and her future husband talked on one of their first dates about wanting to adopt. There were lots...
Starbucks raises wages for its baristas as restaurant industry braces for minimum wage hike
A worker stands inside Starbucks in midtown during the coronavirus pandemic on May 20, 2020 in New York City.Noam Galai...
