It’s Time to Tap into Labor’s Fortress of Finance
Labor is not a passive bystander. Unions have the resources to deploy to new organizing and growth.
Labor is not a passive bystander. Unions have the resources to deploy to new organizing and growth.
When you have a negative attitude toward workers saying they need a living wage, you kind of show the real motivation behind the pizza party.
You can be an opponent of mass incarceration and think that felony charges are absolutely the right answer for employers who intentionally and systematically cheat their workers out of pay, be it minimum wage or overtime.
Now is the time to get organized — not only within locals to win better contracts and enforce our rights, but also nationally and politically, among all the different unions and agencies.
Hybrid working models are becoming increasingly popular for companies transitioning out of the conditions of the pandemic.
Many federal employment laws that are in place to guide employers and their employees regarding rights and responsibilities when disaster strikes.

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Split shift pay in the U.S.: which states require an extra hour of pay, how the premium is calculated, and how it differs from overtime and shift differentials.

Learn how pay transparency laws and salary history bans work in the U.S., which states require posted pay ranges, and what to do if an employer breaks the rules.

The FLSA salary threshold is $684 a week ($35,568 a year) for exempt status. See the highly compensated limit, the duties tests and which states pay more.

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