Labor ruling says employees can only have one bossBy Andy UhlerDecember 15, 2017Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe National Labor Relations Board has overturned an Obama-era ruling that had made it easier for workers at franchise businesses to form unions.POSTED IN: unions franchises workers workers rights National Labor Relations Board ListenreadDownloadDownload
Another sign of the improving economy: a drop in part-time jobsBy Jana KasperkevicDecember 11, 2017Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesSince November of last year, the number of involuntary part-time workers dropped by 858,000.POSTED IN: part-time jobs part time labor market Jobs full time employment Economy President Donald Trump business read
Will Congress reconcile the GOP tax bill?By Kai RyssdalDecember 08, 2017Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesHow long will it take? POSTED IN: Economy tax bill gop tax bill Unemployment U.S. Labor Department Congress politics ListenreadDownloadDownload
Your restaurant tips may not go to your server under proposed rule changeBy Dan GorensteinDecember 06, 2017POSTED IN: business Department of Labor tipping restaurants minimum wage servers ListenreadDownloadDownload
What will the GOP tax bill do for the economy?By Kai RyssdalNovember 03, 2017Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesAnd what will Jerome Powell do for the Fed? POSTED IN: Economy Fed chair Labor Department GOP tax plan GOP gop tax bill ListenreadDownloadDownload
U.S. hiring jumps after hurricanes as employers add 261,000 jobsBy Associated PressNovember 03, 2017Joshua Lott/Getty ImagesThe unemployment rate declined to 4.1 percent, the lowest in nearly 17 years.POSTED IN: jobs numbers employment Jobs jobs report labor wages read
What happens when the economic census is lateBy Kai Ryssdal, Shaheen Ainpour, and Sean McHenryOctober 13, 2017All of the policy and business decisions that use that census data — and there are a lot — will get pushed back, too. POSTED IN: Census Bureau Economic Census U.S. Census Bureau Department of Labor ListenreadDownloadDownload
How hurricanes could distort September jobs numbersBy Mitchell HartmanOctober 06, 2017Mario Tama / Getty ImagesPOSTED IN: Economy jobs report business nation markets labor market ListenreadDownloadDownload
In raising its minimum wage to $11, Target aims to retain workersBy Mitchell HartmanSeptember 26, 2017POSTED IN: business companies Target Retail Economy labor market minimum wage ListenreadDownloadDownload
