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New York sues Trump administration for records on labor-law rollback
New York is suing the Trump administration to get information about a new program the state says may let employers go unpunished by the federal government for violating labor laws. The U.S. Labor Department should be ordered to turn over information about the Payroll Audit ...
Japan likely to raise bonuses for government workers for fifth year
The government is likely to raise bonuses for its workers for the fifth consecutive year, sources have said. The National Personnel Authority is scrutinizing government survey data on private-sector bonuses for winter 2017 and summer 2018 before making recommendations on government pay revisions to the ...
Starbucks, other California employers ordered to pay workers for off-clock tasks
Starbucks and other employers in California must pay workers for minutes they routinely spend off the clock on tasks such as locking up or setting the store alarm, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The unanimous ruling was a big victory for hourly workers in ...
Wages aren't rising; these theories could explain why
Major Japan firms dish out 2.53 percent wage hike on average during spring labor talks
Major companies agreed to raise monthly employee pay by ¥8,539, or 2.53 percent, on average for unionized workers in this year's shunto spring labor-management talks, a survey showed Tuesday. The average pay hike topped 2 percent for five years in a row and exceeded ¥8,000 ...
Japan's real wages were flat in April from a year earlier, while nominal wages grew 0.8 percent for the ninth consecutive monthly increase amid a recent rise in base salaries, the labor ministry said Wednesday. The average of total cash earnings, including base and overtime ...
White people are more likely to get the raises they ask for: U.S. study
When people of color ask for raises, they're a lot less likely than white workers to get the salary bump they request, according to a new study by PayScale, a firm that analyzes compensation data. Women of color, a group that includes African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics ...
San Francisco's city attorney has subpoenaed Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. to turn over records relating to how the ride-hailing firms classify drivers, as well as driver wages, health care and other benefits in the latest probe in the city's year-long investigation into ...
French public-sector workers join rail ranks in strike against Macron reforms
From air traffic controllers and street sweepers to librarians and teachers, French public-sector employees Tuesday joined rail workers in striking to protest reforms planned by President Emmanuel Macron, calling them an "attack" against state services. It was the third day of stoppages and demonstrations by ...
Japan's economy shrinks in first quarter of 2018 after two-year run of growth
The economy shrank by 0.2 percent in the first three months of 2018, snapping a run of two years of positive growth, according to the Cabinet Office.
Japan's March household spending slumps, suggesting economy slowed in first quarter
Household spending fell 0.7 percent in March from a year earlier to mark the second straight month of decline, underscoring the view the economy suffered a temporary lull in the first quarter as bad weather hurt consumption. Income slid 3.8 percent in March, dropping for ...
A sea of teachers clad in red shirts flowed toward the Arizona Capitol on Thursday for an unprecedented walkout that closed most of the state's public schools, part of an educator uprising that bubbled up in other parts of the nation and spread west. Waving ...
