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ThinkstockFriday morning will bring the quarterly report on nonfarm productivity and unit labor costs. With the Employment Cost Index from last week having shown a pop much higher for the second...
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Thursday will mark yet another Labor Department report covering weekly jobless claims. The question we and others will be asking is whether we have seen a cycle peak in jobless claims and in...
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ThinkstockThe pressure for higher wages in low-cost labor has been front and center in the fast-food and casual dining industry. A recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) went...
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This week's layoff announcement by Amgen may have investors and the public starting to rethink what "being a biotech company" really means.
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World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.When World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: WWE) reported second-quarter results this morning, the company was able to beat the consensus analyst estimate for an...
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A labor group made up of employees of Walmart has been pushing the company for nearly two years to raise its minimum annual wage for full-time employees to $25,000.
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ThinkstockA new study from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) projects that global economic growth will slow and income inequality will continue to rise to 2060. The...
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Ikea is one of the retailers and fast-food companies that recently decided to raise its minimum wage. McDonald's and Walmart remain the largest holdouts.
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The face of Facebook is white and male, by its own admission. The numbers are similar to those recently released by other high-tech companies, including Google.
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ThinkstockLate last year, the federal government allowed its emergency unemployment compensation benefits program to expire. This decision has left much of the nation’s long-term unemployed without...
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Family Dollar Store Inc.Employees can now share their opinions about employers online. As a result, companies face new reputation risks that can affect their customers and shareholders. For the...
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The strikes by Amazon.com warehouse workers in Germany are no longer just a pesky problem. The Verdi labor union wants to move to collective bargaining to improve the lot of almost 10,000 warehouse...
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ThinkstockThe percentage of American workers in unions remained effectively unchanged last year. This marks a departure from the nation’s long-term trend. In the past 30 years, union membership...
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courtesy of StarbucksRevenue per employee is one measure of a company’s productivity. Some companies generate significant revenue per employee that runs into the millions of dollars. Others...
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Hewlett-Packard may have released its earnings report early. Whether this was intentional, an accident or a leak is something we will leave to your imagination.
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