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By: KING 5 Staff
WASHINGTON, USA — The Washington State Department of Labor & Industry announced on Friday that the minimum wage will increase from $15.74 to $16.28 an hour beginning on Jan. 1, 2024.
This is a 3.4% increase from 2023.
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[caption id="attachment_136304" align="alignnone" width="432"] Workers who sign training repayment agreements can owe their employers thousands of dollars if they leave their jobs early — regulators are starting to crack down on the practice. (Monica Garwood / The New York Times)[/caption]
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In a new report titled “Pointing Out: How Walmart Unlawfully Punishes Workers for Medical Absences,” the organization A Better Balance reveals how Walmart’s absence control program not only treats workers unfairly but may actually be illegal. A few cases include the following:
Ashana* got...
Americans, we assume, believe in competition. But a huge number of workers—30 million, according to a report from the Treasury Department—are restricted by “noncompete agreements” forbidding them from leaving to work for a competitor or start their own competing business. And that number is ...
The Seattle City Council passed a unanimous resolution this week which declares May 1 a “day of action” on which city employees are granted leave to attend anti-Trump protests rather than go to work.
The resolution—put forward by Socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant—instructs super...
Having kids typically makes it harder to advance in your career, according to overwhelming body of research.
According to a new poll, most U.S. workers feel that employers aren’t doing enough to support parents returning to their jobs after they take time off to raise children.
57% report ...
Take a deep breath, filling your belly. Pause. Now breath out slowly while counting to five. Repeat the cycle four times.
Congratulations. You’ve just relaxed your body’s central nervous system.
Controlled and mindful breathing, like the simple cycle described above, have been proven to re...
In a recent article she titled “Why You Need to Quit Your Job,” Author and Life and Leadership coach Adria Corso related her own struggle feeling trapped in a job that made her miserable. In introducing the dilemma, she wrote that “Eight years ago, I sat in the big fancy office of my corporate...
Workers compensation is a type of insurance that helps employees recover from workplace injuries or illnesses developed through one’s work. Each state has a different set of laws for its workers compensation program, with benefits covering medical expenses, prescription medication, death benefits,...
The home furnishing giant has just created one of the most generous paid parental leave policies in the retail sector.
We frequently hear how much better parental leave policies are in Europe, Canada, and…well just about everywhere in the world outside the U.S. But there are a growing number of ...