The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors passed a living wage ordinance Thursday that would require workers on some county contracts be paid $11.33 an hour.
A Milwaukee County supervisor proposing to dictate wages at certain developments hopes his opt-out provision will prevent push back caused by a similar effort this summer.
By Sam Hananel Associated Press Washington — The Labor Department is signing agreements to share information with nearly a dozen states and the Internal Revenue Service as it gets more aggressive in its program to crack down on businesses that ...
September 9, 20119:32 amComments Off on Labor Department probing big US homebuilders
By MARCY GORDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Labor Department is investigating large U.S. homebuilders to see if they failed to pay workers the minimum wage or overtime. A spokesman says the agency is investigating compliance with wage-and-hour laws ...
By Sylvia Hsieh Dolan Media Newswires Boston — The U.S Department of Labor has launched an app that helps employees track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed. Wage and hour claims and class actions have ...
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers saw their wages and benefits rise slightly faster in 2010 than 2009, but the gain was still the second-lowest increase in nearly three decades. Wages and benefits increased 2 percent ...
By Paul Snyder A Milwaukee contractors association representing 80 employers began a lockout Monday after contract negotiations with a local sheet metal workers’ union failed. Jeffrey Remsik, spokesman for the Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors’ Association of Milwaukee, said ...
By Paul Snyder Three contractor groups are aligning themselves with the Department of Workforce Development in support of changes to the state’s prevailing wage law. Those groups — the Construction Business Group, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and the Wisconsin ...