Employment
Pennsylvania promises quicker, easier jobless claims system
It arrives after a series of bungled efforts to replace the system began in 2006 and culminated in a 2017 lawsuit that is still being fought in court.
4 years ago
Pennsylvania pension system officials disclose federal probe
Pennsylvania’s largest public pension system, Public School Employees’ Retirement System, is dealing with a federal investigation.
4 years ago
Generation unemployed: Another class of graduates face pandemic-scarred future
Although the overall jobs market is starting to come back, youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, creating a lot of anxiety among the latest class of seniors.
4 years ago
‘Lighting a fuse’: Amazon vote may spark more union pushes
The two sides are fully aware that it's not just the Bessemer warehouse on the line. Organizers hope what happens there will inspire workers nationwide to consider unionizing.
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Bill aims to assist Delawareans with disabilities who are paid ‘subminimum’ wage
Paying people with disabilities only a fraction of the legal minimum wage is a vestige of a pre-World War II program.
4 years ago
Listen 1:47With more women in state office, family leave policies have not caught up
More women are becoming lawmakers, but many legislatures still don't have family leave policies. That leaves new moms little choice but to miss out on the lawmaking process.
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COVID pushed Black unemployment higher in Pa. than anywhere in the nation, report says
Nearly one in five Black Pennsylvanians was unemployed as 2020 ended, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning D.C. think tank.
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So how should your favorite restaurant pay its servers? Well, it’s complicated
A fierce debate is taking shape within the restaurant industry as a push to raise the minimum wage threatens to upend the tipped wage structures for servers.
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‘Fear for your life’: What it feels like to drive a SEPTA shuttle overnight
Drivers say they are overwhelmed by people struggling with homelessness and addiction. SEPTA has only 7 social workers to help contain the crisis.
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The minimum wage at all the supermarket chains in Philly
Are the folks who stock your grocery shelves making $15 an hour — or $8?
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After a ‘long, difficult journey,’ vaccines provide hope to Philly restaurant workers
A coalition of restaurant owners has organized a series of mass vaccination events for industry workers who are happy for relief after a rollercoaster year.
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What’s in the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill?
The massive relief package is slated to cross President Biden's desk this week.
Air Date: March 11, 2021
Listen 49:29Workers are moving first, asking questions later. What happens when offices reopen?
As the pandemic stretched on, some employees moved hundreds of miles from the offices they're supposed to return to once it's safe. Will their bosses make them come back?
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Delaware lawmakers renew push for $15 minimum wage
After both of Delaware’s Democratic U.S. senators voted against adding a $15 minimum wage measure to the stimulus, local advocates are renewing their push.
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‘Why us?’: A year after being laid off, millions are still unemployed
Millions who lost jobs at the beginning of the pandemic are still out of the labor force, making up levels not seen since the Great Recession.
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