More than 80 years ago, policymakers capitulated to the demands of racist Members of Congress and excluded millions of workers from federal labor law protections. The legacy of that decision endu...

The University of Missouri-Kansas City has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a whistleblower who claimed he was fired from his job as a professor because he helped The Kansas City Star uncover ...

Most agencies saw 2% to 3% increase in fiscal 2022 Enforcement funding from rescue plan still available The U.S. Labor Department is sitting on $135 million of leftover emergency funding from t...

PROVIDENCE — In those corners of the Rhode Island work-world where employees rely on tips, the minimum an employer is required to pay is $3.89 an hour. The assumption: waiters, waitresses and ot...

With an effort by Democrats to boost the national minimum wage stalled, a new report finds that on average one in three U.S. workers is still making less than $15 an hour, while the share of wome...

Collaborative investigation shows ships regularly discharge ‘bilge’ water illegally instead of treating it, with toxic effect on marine life Up to 3,000 cases of oil dumped by commercial ships ma...

In most of the United States, the majority of women of color are still working a low-wage job — a legacy of decades of discriminatory policies that have stymied women’s economic growth. A new sta...

Nearly 52 million workers -- or almost one-third of the nation's labor force -- earn less than $15 an hour, according to a study released Tuesday by Oxfam America, an anti-poverty advocacy group....