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How Changes to 'Noncompete' Agreements, Overtime Pay Could Affect Workers
Companies of all sizes will have to reclassify workers who will now qualify for overtime pay.
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Labor
Bourbon Maker Tried to Undermine Union Organizing at Distillery
The company raised pay, relaxed its vacation policy and handed out bottles of whiskey before the vote.
April 11, 2024
Labor
Mississippi Catfish Farms Settle Lawsuit Over Immigrant Workers' Wages
A group of Black farmworkers said they were pushed aside in favor of higher-paid immigrants.
April 3, 2024
Labor
California's Fast Food Minimum Wage Law Takes Effect
Most workers will be paid at least $20 an hour beginning Monday.
April 1, 2024
Labor
Indian Shrimp Industry 'Dangerous and Abusive'
The AP traveled to India to document working conditions in the booming industry.
March 21, 2024
Labor
Solutions to the Labor Shortage in Manufacturing
How manufacturing got into this jam, and how it can get out.
March 19, 2024
Top Headlines
Rule Grants Overtime for Millions More Salaried Workers
April 24, 2024
Federal Rule Bars Most 'Noncompete' Agreements
April 24, 2024
Starbucks Takes on Labor Board Before Supreme Court
April 23, 2024
Convenience Store Chain Hit with Discrimination Lawsuit
April 19, 2024
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April 19, 2024
Labor
Workers at Defunct Poultry Companies Owed Wages, Damages
An investigation of five California companies uncovered wage theft and child labor violations.
April 15, 2024
Labor
How Immigrant Workers Helped Stave Off a Recession
An influx of foreign-born adults vastly raised the supply of available labor.
April 12, 2024
Labor
Salmon Fishing off California Canceled Again
The state's fishing industry is still reeling from last year's shutdown.
April 11, 2024
Labor
U.S. Employers Add Surprisingly Robust 303,000 Jobs in March
As the nation’s consumers continue to spend, businesses have kept hiring to meet demand.
April 5, 2024
Labor
After Minimum Wage Hike, California Schools Forced to Compete with Fast Food Industry
The $20-per-hour minimum doesn't include school food service workers.
April 4, 2024
Labor
Study: U.S. Manufacturing Could Need 3.8 Million New Employees by 2033
As many as 1.9 million jobs could go unfilled.
April 3, 2024
Labor
Project Aims to Help West African Women Farmers
In Senegal, women produce 80% of the crops — but have little access to land, education or financing.
March 28, 2024
Labor
California Work Safety Board Approves Indoor Heat Rules
But another state agency raised objections.
March 25, 2024
Labor
Tyson Foods Isn't Hiring Workers Who Came to the U.S. Illegally
The company calls the claim "categorically false."
March 25, 2024
Labor
U.S. Farms Increasingly Reliant on Contract Workers
The trend is raising concerns among labor advocates.
March 19, 2024
Labor
The Dangerous, Arduous Process of Making Palm Sugar
Unlike previous generations, young people in Cambodia's rural areas have more options for work.
March 18, 2024
Labor
Sanders Wants the U.S. to Adopt 32-Hour Workweek
Could workers and companies benefit?
March 18, 2024
Labor
Judge Upholds Program Allowing Migrants from 4 Countries
Advocates for the federal government had said the program helped the nation's farm labor shortage.
March 13, 2024
Labor
Vegetable Growing, Packing Firm Fined Over Wage Violations
Federal officials recovered nearly $480,000 for more than 200 workers.
March 13, 2024