Tag: Compensation and benefits
US hiring likely rebounded last month after storms and strikes curtailed October job growth
WASHINGTON -- Hiring in the United States likely rebounded last month from a dismal October, when hurricanes and strikes reduced job growth to...
Mexico raises its minimum wage by 12%, but it marks no increase in dollar terms
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico announced Wednesday that it will increase its still strikingly low daily minimum wage by 12% next year. But because...
The ruble's in a slump. For the Kremlin, that's a two-edged sword
Russia's ruble is sagging against other currencies, complicating the Kremlin's efforts to keep consumer inflation under control with one hand even as it...
Steve Madden to cut goods imported from China by up to 45% as it prepares for Trump's tariff pledge
NEW YORK -- Shoe brand Steve Madden will be cutting the goods that it imports from China by as much as 45% next...
Strike at Boeing was part of a new era of labor activism long in decline at US work places
Aircraft assembly workers at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere voted to end a seven-week strike overnight. Leaders of the International Association of...
Boeing factory workers vote to accept contract and end more than 7-week strike
SEATTLE -- Unionized machinists at Boeing voted Monday to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks, clearing...