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 made final in January, raised the bar for
The British government has a new message to deliver: It’s safe to return to work.
Starting next week, when schools reopen, the government will
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 since then.
“It’s been really tough,” said Ms.
For 17 straight weeks, the U.S. government has reported that more than one million workers filed new state unemployment insurance claims. There is
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 is that the panic-buying that flooded stores
LONDON — In the southeast corner of Ireland, Brian Byrne’s event-planning business was confronting a calamity. It was the middle of March, and the coronavirus pandemic was nearing peak lethality. As the government barred gatherings like music festivals, his revenue disappeared, forcing him to consider laying off his four full-time
