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Employment

Low pay, no benefits, rude customers: Restaurant workers quit at record rate

Average wages for nonmanagers at restaurants hit $15 an hour in May, but many say no amount of pay would get them to return. They're leaving at the highest rate in decades.

4 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Employment
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Pa. cracking down on unemployment comp fraud with new ID verification measures

The Department of Labor and Industry announced it had contracted with identity verification service ID.me to screen new applicants.

4 years ago

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Housing
Income Inequality

Rents are out of reach for most Americans earning minimum wage, a study says

Workers simply don't earn enough money to keep up with skyrocketing rental rates across the country, the National Low Income Housing Coalition found in its latest report.

4 years ago

Web pages used to show information for collecting unemployment insurance in Virginia, right, and reporting fraud and identity theft in Pennsylvania, are displayed on the respective state web pages, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Zelienople, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Employment
Pennsylvania

Pa. updated its unemployment compensation system. Then cyber fraud spiked

Unemployment benefits fraud is on the rise after Pennsylvania unveiled a new online filing system.

4 years ago

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Employment
Philadelphia
Travel

As travel resumes, PHL airport workers in line for pay boost for health benefits

Philadelphia City Council passed a bill to increase salaries for airport workers to $15.06 an hour, plus $4.54 to go toward health care costs.

4 years ago

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Energy
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

South Jersey refinery says cost-mandated fuel credits threaten its survival

New Jersey lawmakers urge EPA to reform renewable-fuels standard for small refiners.

4 years ago

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Business
Economy
Employment

Business should be booming — if only there were enough workers for the job

The Labor Department said Friday that U.S. employers added 850,000 jobs in June, including 194,000 in bars and restaurants.

4 years ago

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NPR
Business
Economy

Good luck finding fireworks. Sales are booming, but a shortage looms

Demand for consumer fireworks is near all-time highs, but logistics bottlenecks are cutting the supply by about 30%, boosting prices and hurting some retailers.

4 years ago

Rutgers University football
New Jersey
Sports

Vote set on allowing bets on New Jersey college sports teams

The measure aims to increase N.J.’s already nation-leading sports betting market by allowing Garden State residents to bet on the state’s teams, including Rutgers, Seton Hall.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly to announce first winners of COVID vaccine sweepstakes this week

Every vaccinated person in the city is eligible, but some prizes are set aside for ZIP codes where fewer than 50% of residents have received at least one COVID vaccine shot.

4 years ago

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NPR
Business
Economy

Cargo is piling up everywhere and it’s making inflation worse

A surge in imports is overwhelming transportation networks and testing supply chains, making life hard for small business owners.

4 years ago

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Crime
Technology

How Bitcoin has fueled ransomware attacks

If you're planning a multi-million dollar ransomware attack, there's really only one way to collect — with cryptocurrency.

4 years ago

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Law
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Six of 15 board members of embattled Pa. pension fund officially call for removal of its top command

A growing band of board dissidents says PSERS leaders must leave immediately to fix “an irrevocable loss of trust and confidence [due to] persistent underperformance."

4 years ago

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Radio Times
Taxes

Secret IRS documents reveal how billionaires exploit the tax code

We discuss ProPublica's report on how America's billionaires avoid paying income tax and examine the uneven economic recovery and growing income inequality.

Air Date: June 10, 2021 10:00 am

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Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Internal PSERS documents show how Pa’s biggest pension fund got key financial calculation wrong

A federal probe is examining the $64 billion fund's exaggerated investment returns and real estate spending.

4 years ago

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