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Department of Labor and Workforce Development | New Jersey's Minimum Wage to Increase to $13/Hour for Most Employees on Jan. 1 - NJ.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TRENTON – New Jersey’s statewide minimum wage will increase by $1 to $13 per hour for most employees, effective January 1, 2022. The increase is part of legislation signed b...
Read moreThe Demise of BBB Comes at a Dark Moment for Democrats - gvwire.com
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) was not the Grinch who stole President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, says Hugh Hewitt in The Washington Post. Instead, he says, it was the Congressiona...
Read moreIllinois minimum wage up to $12 an hour in New Year - KWQC-TV6
Illinois (KWQC) - Illinois minimum wage is set to increase to $12 an hour starting Jan. 1, 2022. Minimum wage workers are encouraged to keep a close eye on their paychecks in the new year, The St...
Read moreMeatpacking jobs are attractive to immigrants. COVID made the work even riskier - Side Effects Public Media
Amner Martinez still doesn’t know all the details from when his 74-year-old father Concepcion got dangerously sick with COVID-19 near the beginning of the pandemic. Martinez’s father works at the...
Read moreOmicron now dominant in US, minimum wage to rise in 21 states: 5 Things podcast - USA TODAY
On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Omicron becomes the dominant COVID strain in the US The variant has taken over in a matter of weeks. Plus, health inequities reporter Nada Hassanein ...
Read moreSupreme Court will weigh in on implications of Epic case - Healthcare IT News
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, which seeks to determine the implications of its 2018 case involving electronic health record system Epic. ...
Read morefinds violations at Mississippi fish farms, recovers more than $102K in back wages for 123 workers | US Department of Labor - US Department of Labor
JACKSON, MS – Federal investigations of six Mississippi fish farms by the U.S. Department of Labor have led to the recovery of $102,176 in back wages for 123 workers and the assessment of $69,122...
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