Employment

In Pa., the tipped minimum wage is $2.83 cents an hour, an amount set in 1998. Gov. Wolf wants to end that separate, lower tipped wage and raise the overall minimum wage.

The tech industry is filled with people who have the same type of education and advantages. As the sector expands, economists say this reinforces inequality.

The Office of Worker Protections is too cash-strapped to do its job, said city councilmembers and workers’ rights groups who are demanding more funding.

Companies like Tyson and Amazon are offering on-site coronavirus vaccinations to their employees in order to remove barriers to getting the shots.

Starting in July, the owner of HipCityVeg and other restaurants will boost employees’ minimum to $15 an hour.

The northern connection would be at the former Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Twp; the southern connection would be at the former B.L. England plant in Upper Twp.

There’s no location barrier when it’s all remote — and being good at Zoom is now a vital workforce skill.

Amazon and business groups celebrated the decision, saying warehouse workers got a chance to weigh the pros and cons of union membership — and voted to reject it.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleges racism played a role in an employee losing out on a promotion.

Amazon avoided the prospect of a first unionized warehouse in America, where it's the 2nd-largest private employer. The Alabama vote prompted new national interest in unions.

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.

Pennsylvania’s largest public pension system, Public School Employees’ Retirement System, is dealing with a federal investigation.

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.

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.

Paying people with disabilities only a fraction of the legal minimum wage is a vestige of a pre-World War II program.