The Trump administration’s latest move on worker classification is poised to give employers more leeway to treat workers as independent contractors, reopening a policy fight with direct consequences ...

Industry groups support the federal proposal to rescind a 2024 regulation that makes it harder for businesses to classify workers as independent contracts under the Fair Labor Standards Act. which ...

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sept. 6 calling on federal agencies to adopt a series of “high-road labor standards,” according to an announcement from the White House, continuing the ...

Workers within the public and private sector have the right to work according to fair labor standards. Employees have equal rights related to all aspects of their employment and work environment. The ...

As a restaurant owner, you depend on your staff to cook and serve food, greet customers and wash dishes. The cost of labor to perform all these functions can easily be your biggest operating expense.

In June 1938, Congress passed one of the most important labor laws in U.S. history. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was passed during the New Deal era of social and economic reforms, and marked ...

Berkeley leaders have approved two high-rise housing projects even though the developers are using a California law to bypass ...

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The Trade Act of 2002 requires that nations provide their workers with what it calls “internationally recognized worker rights” in or der to receive certain trade preferences. The act defines these ...