Rent growth outstrips wages in most US metros, new report shows
By Anna Helhoski | NerdWallet If you rent your home in a major metro area, chances are you already know this hard truth: Your pay raises aren’t keeping up with your rent hikes. A new analysis released...
View ArticlePaid sick leave sticks after many pandemic protections vanish
Zach Dyer | KFF Health News (TNS) Bill Thompson’s wife had never seen him smile with confidence. For the first 20 years of their relationship, an infection in his mouth robbed him of teeth, one by one....
View ArticleUndergrads are unionizing, in a sign of labor’s resurgence
Elaine S. Povich | Stateline.org (TNS) Junior psychology major Erin Green works part time at the children’s preschool at Sonoma State University, caring for university employees’ kids ages 1 to 5. Some...
View ArticleWest Valley high school teachers fight for higher salaries, smaller class sizes
Contract negotiations between the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District and the district’s teachers association are slowing as results continue to trickle in for a special parcel tax election...
View ArticleOver $450,000 in back pay, damages awarded to workers at Half Moon Bay farms...
HALF MOON BAY – The owners of two San Mateo County mushroom farms where a man allegedly killed seven coworkers in back-to-back shootings last year will pay over $450,000 in back wages and damages to...
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Ex-workers still waiting on hotel’s $400,000 payout for largest wage theft in...
The hotel that owes the largest wage theft payout in Oakland’s history still hasn’t paid a dollar to 128 ex-workers, according to union representatives who are pressuring the city to take legal action....
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Learning how to use AI could boost your pay by 25%, study finds
By Anna Cooban | CNN London — Jobs that require artificial intelligence skills offer significantly higher wages than those that don’t, according to new research published Tuesday. Consultancy PwC...
View ArticleDisneyland will work with union representing character performers
Snow White, Chewbacca, Spider-Man and other Disneyland employees who work with Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars character performers will soon sit down with Disney negotiators to discuss union...
View ArticleWho (and where) are California’s top-paid bosses?
Want to make the big money in California? Think about becoming a boss in charge of high-skilled workers in big cities. My trusty spreadsheet looked at an annual report from the Bureau of Labor...
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Oakland issues ultimatum to airport hotel in $400,000 wage-theft case
Stopping just short of filing a civil lawsuit, the city of Oakland has issued an ultimatum to the Radisson Hotel near the airport: Pay $400,000 to workers who were victims of wage theft, or face...
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Silicon Valley salaries are shrinking, leaving workers in the lurch
Krista DeWeese has been laid off four times in the last eight years. She wakes up every morning feeling anxious. Will I lose my job today — again? Will I have enough to pay the rent? Even though she’s...
View ArticleIkea lost $5,000 when each worker quit. So it began paying more and here’s...
By Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg Ikea’s workers were quitting in droves in the US. In the UK and Ireland, half of all new hires were leaving before their first anniversary. Globally, each departure cost...
View ArticleIn-N-Out Burger says it raised prices because of minimum wage increase
In-N-Out Burger has confirmed TV reports that it has raised its prices in California. California’s minimum wage hike for fast food workers, which kicked in on April 1, was a factor in the price hike,...
View ArticleCalifornia has No. 1 US wage gap between haves and have-nots
”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: The pay gap between...
View ArticleApple worker’s tax form left on office printer showed he made $10,000 more...
Justina Jong’s revelation that she was being paid less at Apple because she’s female came from an unexpected place: an office printer. That’s according to a lawsuit filed Thursday claiming Apple...
View ArticleDid your paycheck beat inflation? It’s a toss-up in California
I could tell you that California paychecks kept pace with inflation – but that would be missing the bigger picture. My trusty spreadsheet looked at federal employment data that’s a personal favorite:...
View ArticleCalifornia workers are third-most productive in US
”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: Just two states have more...
View ArticleWhat’s changing in California’s new healthcare minimum wage
By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters It’s no surprise that California health care workers have questions about a new state law that will give them a higher minimum wage. It has different pay scales based on...
View ArticleTrump is proposing to make tips tax-free. What would that mean for workers?
By KEVIN FREKING and JOSH BOAK | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s new proposal to exclude tips from federal taxes is getting strong reviews from some Republican...
View ArticleThe tipping point: Bay Area residents sharply divided on paying extra for...
When Barry Bruins pays for takeout with a self-service kiosk machine, he’s often greeted with a familiar question — how much would you like to tip? 18%, 20%, or more? Most of the time, he ignores it....
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