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The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women in the same workplace receive the same pay for the same work. The jobs do not have to be identical, but they must be substantially the same. That is, it is the content of the job (not the job titles)...
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At the US Department of Labor, we recognize the importance of restaurant and food service workers. These workers have been significantly affected by the pandemic and continue to play a vital role in our local economies. As we commemorate Labor Day on September 4, the department’s Wage and Hour...
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Wage theft is common in low-wage industries in California. Tens of thousands of workers — in restaurants, nail salons, warehouses, farms, car washes and other industries – lose out on millions of dollars in stolen wages each year. Wage theft happens when employers deliberately pay workers below the minimum...
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El estado dijo que el caso contra Playa Vista sería el mayor pago de robo de salarios por parte de un lavado de autos de California. Años después, Antonio Domínguez y docenas de otros lavadores de autos aún no han visto ninguno de sus salarios impagos. Antonio Domínguez nunca...
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Antonio Dominguez had never seen a car wash before moving to Los Angeles from Mexico in 1997. As a 24-year-old day laborer, he’d walk home each day, stop along a palm-lined boulevard and watch a team of mostly Mexican workers sponge, rinse, dry and polish a line of cars....
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El presidente Joe Biden está pidiendo a las compañías de petróleo y gas que comiencen a desviar las ganancias récord de los bolsillos de los accionistas para ofrecerles a los estadounidenses algo de alivio en la bomba. Un nuevo análisis económico sugiere que el enfoque podría ser clave para...
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President Joe Biden is calling on oil and gas companies to start steering record profits away from shareholder pockets to give Americans some relief at the pump. A new economic analysis suggests the approach could be key to lowering prices across the board. Josh Bivens, research director for the Economic Policy...
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AUSTIN, Texas – Community colleges offering apprenticeship programs are poised to get a $12 billion boost from President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. In Congress, members of both parties have expressed support for targeting funds for community college-based apprenticeship programs – typically used to train workers on the job, allowing...
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AUSTIN — Los colegios comunitarios que ofrecen programas de aprendizaje están listos para recibir un impulso de 12 billones de dólares del plan de infraestructura del presidente Joe Biden. En el Congreso, miembros de ambos partidos han expresado su apoyo a la asignación de fondos para programas de aprendizaje basados...
The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women in the same workplace receive the same pay for the same work. The jobs do not have to be identical, but they must be substantially the same. That is, it is the content of the job (not the job titles)...
At the US Department of Labor, we recognize the importance of restaurant and food service workers. These workers have been significantly affected by the pandemic and continue to play a vital role in our local economies. As we commemorate Labor Day on September 4, the department’s Wage and Hour...
Wage theft is common in low-wage industries in California. Tens of thousands of workers — in restaurants, nail salons, warehouses, farms, car washes and other industries – lose out on millions of dollars in stolen wages each year. Wage theft happens when employers deliberately pay workers below the minimum...
El estado dijo que el caso contra Playa Vista sería el mayor pago de robo de salarios por parte de un lavado de autos de California. Años después, Antonio Domínguez y docenas de otros lavadores de autos aún no han visto ninguno de sus salarios impagos. Antonio Domínguez nunca...
Antonio Dominguez had never seen a car wash before moving to Los Angeles from Mexico in 1997. As a 24-year-old day laborer, he’d walk home each day, stop along a palm-lined boulevard and watch a team of mostly Mexican workers sponge, rinse, dry and polish a line of cars....
El presidente Joe Biden está pidiendo a las compañías de petróleo y gas que comiencen a desviar las ganancias récord de los bolsillos de los accionistas para ofrecerles a los estadounidenses algo de alivio en la bomba. Un nuevo análisis económico sugiere que el enfoque podría ser clave para...
AUSTIN, Texas – Community colleges offering apprenticeship programs are poised to get a $12 billion boost from President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. In Congress, members of both parties have expressed support for targeting funds for community college-based apprenticeship programs – typically used to train workers on the job, allowing...
AUSTIN — Los colegios comunitarios que ofrecen programas de aprendizaje están listos para recibir un impulso de 12 billones de dólares del plan de infraestructura del presidente Joe Biden. En el Congreso, miembros de ambos partidos han expresado su apoyo a la asignación de fondos para programas de aprendizaje basados...
