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Overtime pay to be extended to salaried employees earning less than $43,888

 By Peter Romeo on Apr. 23, 2024

The pool of managers entitled to time-and-a-half pay will jump again on Jan. 1, then increase every three years.

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Negotiations between Starbucks and its employees' union are set to begin

 By Peter Romeo on Apr. 22, 2024

Simultaneously, the coffee chain's U.S. Supreme Court case commences Tuesday. It challenges certain of the NLRB's regulatory policies.

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EEOC broadens employers' obligations to pregnant workers

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 15, 2024

The updated workplace regulations require companies with at least 15 employees to make such concessions as allowing expectant mothers to sit down while working and adjusting schedules to permit time for doctor visits.

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Restaurants are already bracing for a wave of wage-related ballot measures in November

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 15, 2024

Working Lunch: The trend promises to cost employers plenty of money and sweat if they hope to prevail.

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Franchisors ask Biden to pull the plug on a broadened joint-employer definition

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 11, 2024

Following a Senate vote to scuttle the new franchising standard, opponents are hoping to avert a presidential veto.

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Florida eyes controversial pro-employer legislation

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 09, 2024

In another example of state-level efforts to limit workplace obligations, the state is looking to prohibit local jurisdictions from requiring heat protections and predictive scheduling.

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Restaurants and bars add 28,300 jobs in March

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 05, 2024

The addition matches the job creation figure for February, but marks a turnaround from the decreased employment registered in January, according to government data.

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First Watch may have hit on a major way of reducing last-minute shift cancellations

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 05, 2024

The daytime dining chain has added backup child and elderly care as an employee benefit. Workers pay as little as $10 a day for the service.

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Tired of soaring wage rates, a Florida burger joint is turning its employees into co-owners

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 04, 2024

Jaws Jumbo Burgers plans to sell 30% of future units to the staffs who'll run them.

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Labor strife is still high as California's landmark fast-food wage law takes effect

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 29, 2024

With all the last-minute sniping by members, the next meeting of the Fast Food Council promises to be a doozy.

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