In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law banning piece-rate work and guaranteeing hourly wages for California’s garment workers. The Garment Worker Protection Act, Senate Bill 62, i...

Heading into a critical midterm election year, the top political concerns of Americans are shifting in ways that suggest Democrats face considerable challenges to maintaining their control of Con...

California’s Department of Education said Friday that graduation rates and enrollment dropped while absences increased in the state’s public schools last year. But, with only 25% of students taki...

A federal court has ordered a prominent Long Island, New York, Thoroughbred racing stable and its owner to pay a total of $132,631 in back wages and liquidated damages to 52 grooms and hot walker...

Gargan Stables Corp., Danny Gargan must pay $37K in penalties for willful violations, shortchanging workers at Belmont, Aqueduct racetracks, other locations NEW YORK – A federal court has ordered...

On paper, having one state agency as the exclusive purveyor of health care for 40 million Californians would seem to make sense, replacing dozens of federal, state and private systems and their o...

After years of on-off discussions, a government bill on the protection of whistleblowers will go to the House plenum for a vote next week. Initially drafted as a legislative proposal by Akel MP I...

Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day. Restaurant workers in Philadelphia and around the nation are facing a to...

ATLANTA – While the cotton gin has greatly increased the speed of crop production since its invention more than three centuries ago, the U.S. Department of Labor has found 8 out of 10 cotton gin ...

Covid-19 A well-known Hamilton eatery abused the wage subsidy scheme, former employees claim. David Williams reports. Things seemed fine until the alert level dropped. University of Waikato stude...