by mujair | Sep 9, 2020 | Business & Finance News
A federal judge has struck down key portions of a Trump administration rule that made it more difficult for workers to win lawsuits against companies over violations committed by contractors and franchisees. The rule, which the Labor Department proposed last year and...
by mujair | Aug 28, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Offices at Canary Wharf in London on Wednesday. The British government aims to “showcase the benefits of returning safely to work.”Credit…Andy Rain/EPA, via Shutterstock The British government has a new message to deliver: It’s safe to return to work. Starting...
by mujair | Aug 6, 2020 | Business & Finance News
MANCHESTER, England — As a national lockdown was imposed in March, a food deliverer, Hanna Scaife, watched her weekly hours plummet from 30, to five, then zero as restaurants across Teesside, in northeast England, shut their doors. Business hasn’t gotten much better...
by mujair | Jul 23, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Here’s what you need to know: In Washington, D.C., the office for local residents’ unemployment claims is mostly working remotely. Credit…Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images For 17 straight weeks, the U.S. government has reported that more than one...
by mujair | Jul 14, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Many retailers across the United States have quietly stopped providing their workers with the pay raises they had dispensed at the start of the pandemic, despite surging virus numbers in many states. The companies’ rationale for cutting back on this so-called hero pay...
