What Walmart Raises Mean for President Biden’s $15 Minimum-Wage Plan
Walmart Inc.’s pledge to lift its average hourly pay above $15 comes in the middle of a Washington debate on...
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Walmart Promises Raises for 425,000 Workers After Strong Holiday Sales
Walmart Inc. WMT -5.26% said it would raise wages for about 425,000 of its employees after a year in which...
Ban on New Foreign Workers Left U.S. Jobs Unfilled, Even in Covid Downturn
The U.S. closed the door to nearly all incoming foreign workers last year. The causes were Covid-19 restrictions that locked...
Why So Many Covid-19 Workers’ Comp Claims Are Being Rejected
Jose Rivero, an attorney in Chicago, has filed more than 30 workers’ compensation claims for people who said they contracted...
Covid-19 Vaccines Aren’t Yet Luring Workers Back to the Office
U.S. workers have failed to return to the office in greater numbers this month, frustrating hopes that the rollout of...
WSJ News Exclusive | Forecasters Lift Expectations for 2021 Economic Growth
Forecasters are increasingly optimistic about economic growth this year, though less so about the labor market’s prospects, as it recovers...
Businesses Worry About Biden’s Silence on Work-Visa Ban
President Biden has undone many of his predecessor’s immigration policies, but business groups and immigrant advocates say they worry that...
Job Openings Pick Up in Pandemic-Resilient Industries
The number of help-wanted ads returned to pre-pandemic levels in January, particularly among industries that have weathered the pandemic relatively...
Amazon’s New CEO Can Either Help Workers and Sellers—or Automate Them Away
Andy Jassy is taking over a very unusual “tech” company. Amazon AMZN 0.63% has many times more employees than any...
Amazon Union Election to Proceed as Labor Board Denies Delay Request
Federal labor authorities rejected Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN 0.63% request to delay a union election at one of its warehouses in...
CNN President to Exit Cable Channel at End of 2021
Jeff Zucker has run CNN for eight years Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for WarnerMedia Updated Feb. 4, 2021 10:25 am...
Biden Wants a $15 Minimum Wage. Here’s What People Say It Would Do to the Economy.
President Biden says his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour will lift many low-wage workers...
Chipotle’s Covid-19 Costs Weigh on Its Profit
Shares in the burrito chain fell in after-hours trading. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Updated Feb. 2, 2021 9:59 pm...
