Hours before a walkout, administrators at the Pleasanton Unified School District coughed up a 10% pay hike earlier this month to keep teachers from hitting the picket line. But teachers …
By ADAM BEAM | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — As California prepares to enforce a new $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast food workers next month, an unusual exemption for eateries that …
There’s a dirty secret about the fast-growth Inland Empire economy – low pay. Consider what my trusty spreadsheet found when looking at employment data for the nation’s 50 largest county …
It might seem counterintuitive that reducing an employee’s time on the clock by eight hours per week, while keeping their pay the same, will boost productivity — and cause costs …
”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: California pay raises …
By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON | Associated Press ANGOLA, La. — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave …
With the federal minimum wage mired at $7.25 an hour since 2009, many cities and states have been taking it upon themselves to set the bar higher. And sometimes, higher …
By Dana Hull and Josh Eidelson | Bloomberg News Tesla Inc. notified workers at its California car plant of pay increases across its U.S. factories, the latest bump by a …
Many companies use raises or bonuses to motivate employees. But, new research suggests it doesn’t always work. Tony Kong, professor of organizational leadership at the University of Colorado Boulder, found …
By Alicia Wallace | CNN New York — Sometimes boring and predictable can be good things. The latest Consumer Price Index report wasn’t flashy by any means: The inflation gauge …