Employment

Workers at five of Atlantic City’s largest casinos have approved a new contract that gives them a “significant” raise.

The new regulations make permanent a 2021 law which expanded summer working hours for residents between 16 to 18 years old to up to 50 hours per week.

The money will go towards a new program that provides training and employment services to people following their incarceration at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.

Almost $6 million will be split among attorneys and support staff in an effort to gain pay parity with prosecutors.

Major companies like Nike and Tesla say they plan to assist employees who live in places where abortion is restricted to travel for the procedure.

Delaware beach tourism is on the rise as the summer season gets into full swing. But some businesses are still searching for workers, and grappling with rising prices.

Baristas at Starbucks as well as indie coffeehouses have driven a surge in organizing. They see their activism as benefiting not just themselves, but working people broadly.

A Sunday strike deadline remains against the Hard Rock casino, but the new pacts appear to greatly increase the likelihood of a deal getting done with Hard Rock as well.

Five Philly Starbucks have voted to form unions in a town with a long history of labor organizing. It’s happening for a reason, write Paul Prescod and Daisy Confoy.

There’s a push for the cities awarded games to commit to livable wages, and equitable hiring and worker protection.

The charter change would add graduates of career technical programs to the groups receiving a preference in civil service exams.

The wage tax is Philadelphia’s single biggest bucket of revenue, bringing in more than $1.5 billion annually.

President Joe Biden has signed off on giving federal wildland firefighters a hefty raise for the next two fiscal years.

Negotiations will continue this week between Atlantic City casinos and the union, whose workers have authorized a strike on Fourth of July weekend.

The state plans to use the grant to improve access for specific groups of underserved Pennsylvanians, including workers with limited English proficiency in Philadelphia.