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Employee wages
Workers see sluggish wage gains with fewer hours on the job
Feb 7, 2020
Average weekly earnings give a snapshot of how much workers are taking home in their paychecks.
New overtime proposal raises salary threshold to $35,000
by
Erika Beras
Mar 25, 2019
Three years after a similar, failed Obama administration proposal, the Department of Labor has issued a new proposal that would allow most employees making $35,000 or less to qualify for overtime pay. This time, the proposal is not tied to inflation — something that employers might welcome.
What happens when a company like Amazon raises wages everywhere?
by
Amy Scott
Oct 2, 2018
It puts some pressure on firms that might not be ready to raise workers' pay, one economist says.
Amazon ups wages for 350K, says it will advocate better pay
Oct 2, 2018
Employees at Whole Foods, which Amazon now owns, will get the same pay hike. Amazon's hourly operations and customer service employees, some who already make $15 per hour, will also see a wage increase.
Enforcing minimum wage is harder than you think
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Paulina Velasco
Feb 23, 2018
Victims of wage theft have few options, a Politico investigative reporter says.
Here is the truth about wages that you won’t hear from Trump
by
Jana Kasperkevic
and Kimberly Adams
Feb 2, 2018
Are wages really growing under President Donald Trump?
Help us do the numbers.
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The financial reality facing America's 16 million retail workers
Jan 29, 2018
A lot of retail workers have to use credit cards and borrow money from family members to meet basic expenses.
Can you convince Americans to support lower corporate taxes by promising them a pay raise?
by
Reema Khrais
and Jana Kasperkevic
Oct 18, 2017
President Donald Trump said that lowering corporate taxes could result in a $4,000 pay raise for U.S. households.
Workers who provide services to veterans and their families just took a pay cut
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 28, 2017
Government contract employees are on the losing end of a new federal contract.