Employment

The bill requires companies to pay temporary workers minimum wage after deductions for food and meals, improving conditions for thousands of immigrants.

The $1,000 bonus is available for any lifeguard who submits their completed application by Apr. 15 and works throughout the summer season.

Temple released a statement reading in part, "TUGSA continues to demand...benefits not available to even full-time employees."

Latino leaders and business owners gathered at the Legislative Hall in Dover this week to oppose a measure they fear would harm their businesses.

The goal of the OSHA 10 training is to give students a head start on getting into apprenticeship training in Philly, and eventually access to well-paying jobs.

Students want better investment and attention on 100,000 New Jersey young people who don’t attend school or have a job.

Philadelphia could not open all of its pools last summer due to a lifeguard shortage. The city hopes to avoid that fate this year.

The governor’s budget includes a 9% increase in the state share, which funds about 70% of a teacher’s salary. Supporters want school boards to follow suit.

Monica Miraglilo worked her way into the construction industry after a career in modeling. Now she wants to empower other women to join her.

Tomás Hanna, of the state Department of Education, said the goal of the program is to expose young people, particularly people of color, to careers in education.

Workers earning minimum wage in 23 states and the District of Columbia got a raise over the New Year's holiday, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

The Garden State joins Delaware and New York in getting closer to $ 15-an-hour minimum wage.

Local 98’s former president Brian Burrows and business manager John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty are set to stand trial next month for the same embezzling plot.

More than 1,000 baristas at 100 stores are planning to walk out, according to Starbucks Workers United, the labor group organizing the effort.

95% of Philly POPS union members vote to authorize strike, if needed, as collective bargaining discussions with POPS executives stall.