• Pay hikes for city workers will add $1 billion to L.A.'s yearly budget by 2028, report says

    Earlier this year, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass negotiated a package of raises and increased benefits for tens of thousands of city workers — money aimed at addressing the rising cost of food, housing and other household expenses. On Friday, the public got its first glimpse of the price tag for those employee contracts. City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo, in a 40-page analysis, said the planned salary agreements with the city's civilian employee unions would add $316 million to the city...

  • Workers demand wage hike anew

    With just a few days before Labor Day, hundreds of workers from trade unions yesterday gathered to form stronger ties and demand a legislated wage increase.

  • Spain and Italy clash over abortion laws

    Italy's prime minister hits back at Spanish criticism of a bill allowing anti-abortion groups in clinics.

  • CEOs Got Raises As They Cut Workers’ Pay

    New data show the corporate pay gap is widening — now lawmakers are proposing a crackdown.

  • Brightspeed union workers in Dothan could go on strike

    DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The local chapter of the Communication Workers of America could lose about 40 Brightspeed employees as they say it's an uphill battle trying to get more of a fair labor contract. The labor agreement for Brightspeed's Dothan chapter and North Alabama chapter expired one month ago. After negotiation a few weeks []

  • California is trying again to extend unemployment benefits to workers on strike

    Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the proposal, lawmakers in Sacramento are trying again to extend unemployment benefits to California workers who are on strike. Under Senate Bill 1116, introduced by State Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank) and State Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), California workers would be eligible to receive unemployment benefits after being on strike for 14 days. "No one goes on strike because they want to go on strike," Portantino said at a news conference...

  • Unified Police seek help finding missing teen

    SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah, April 17, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Unified Police Department is asking for the public’s help regarding a 16-year-old boy who went missing. Francis Myozmin was last seen in the South Salt Lake and Millcreek areas, but he may possibly be in the Ogden area, says a news release issued Wednesday […] The post Unified Police seek help finding missing teen first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

  • Police probe NANS factions’ violent clash in Abuja

    The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said on Tuesday that it had launched a probe into a violent clash between two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students in Abuja. The two NANS factions, in a trending video on X, formerly Twitter, engaged in a bloody clash that left one severely injured in the Read More

  • How US Changes to ‘noncompete’ Agreements and Overtime Pay Could Affect Workers

    For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits. In one move, the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompete agreements, which bar millions of workers from leaving their employers to join a competitor or start a rival business for a specific period of time. […]

  • How US workers could be affected by changes to 'noncompete' agreements and overtime pay

    For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits. In one move, the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompete agreements, which bar millions of workers from leaving their employers to join a competitor or start a rival business for a specific period of time. The FTC's move, which is already being challenged in court, would mean that such employees could apply for jobs they weren’t previously eligible to...

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    How US changes to ‘noncompete’ agreements and overtime pay could affect workers

    NEW YORK (AP) — For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits. In one move, the Federal Trade Commission voted

  • More salaried workers to qualify for overtime pay starting July 1

    The Biden Administration announced a new rule on Tuesday that will make millions more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay.