Because this report is issued every two to three years rather than annually, the newest edition was able to evaluate the two 12-month periods immediately preceding and following the COVID-19 shutdown of March 2020.
Bigger businesses in fast food, retail, hospitality and warehousing would have to follow new worker-friendly rules on scheduling under revamped proposal.
With minimum wage and paid sick leave laws on the books, over a dozen labor and community groups have begun a campaign for their next worker-friendly law.
Migrant laborers faced abuse that in some cases amounted to forced labor while working on a stadium that will host soccer matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a new report released by Amnesty International alleged Thursday.
A federal judge in Connecticut is supporting an injunction filed by the National Labor Relations Board that would temporarily halt cuts at five nursing homes.