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Wages for Aged Care Workers to Rise 28 Percent After Ruling
This follows a Fair Work Commission ruling on a union's application to raise aged-care workers' wages by 25 percent.
March 15, 2024
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Alfred Bui
Wages Top Inflation for First Time in 3 Years
Average full time workers saw an increase across the board of 4.2 percent for the year.
February 22, 2024
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Jim Birchall
New York’s Delivery Workers Got a Big Raise. Did It Help?
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February 12, 2024
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December 28, 2023
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Jennifer Cowan
‘Inadequate’: Central Bank Staff Reject 10.5 Percent Pay Rise Offer
The majority of staff at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have voted down a 10.5 percent pay ...
August 28, 2023
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Rebecca Zhu
China Is Losing Leverage
Commentary While Beijing makes diplomatic gains in Europe and the Middle East, and Washington worries over China’s growing ...
August 16, 2023
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Milton Ezrati
Former Treasury Secretary Warns Inflation Could Resurge
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers expressed more concern over slow wage growth than inflation in an appearance prior ...
August 5, 2023
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Bryan Jung
Jobs Prints Lower Than Expected, Core Inflation Remains Stubborn
Commentary Total nonfarm payroll employment, relased this morning, increased by 209,000 in June, and the unemployment rate changed ...
July 7, 2023
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J.G. Collins
Federal Workers With Strike Mandate Demand Social Justice Fund, Diversity Training
As more than 120,000 federal public servants across the country prepare for a potential strike, their union is ...
April 13, 2023
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Matthew Horwood
Home Depot Invests $1 Billion in Wage Increases as Sales Drop
Home Depot Inc. said Tuesday it will spend $1 billion more in annualized compensation for its frontline hourly ...
February 22, 2023
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Efthymis Oraiopoulos
Strong Jobs Report Revives Fears of Inflation and More Aggressive Fed
Positive jobs reports can be bad news for the market. The latest strong jobs report, for example, revived ...
February 3, 2023
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Bryan Jung
Headline Jobs Is a Blowout, but Fed Likely to Resume Hikes Longer or Higher
Commentary The January jobs report Establishment Survey showed that the economy added 517,000 new jobs, wildly beyond the ...
February 3, 2023
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J.G. Collins
California to Vote on Fast-Food Workers’ Wage Hike in 2024 After Businesses Gather Over One Million Opposing Votes
Californian citizens are set to vote on a proposal next year that seeks to improve the working conditions ...
January 25, 2023
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Naveen Athrappully
Walmart to Raise Starting Wages for US Hourly Workers
Walmart, the largest U.S. employer, said Tuesday it is raising its starting hourly wages starting in February, according ...
January 24, 2023
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Jack Phillips
Massive Protests Erupt in China’s Megacity Chongqing Over Abrupt Layoffs
Large groups of workers staged protests on Jan. 7 at a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Chongqing, a megacity ...
January 11, 2023
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Sophia Lam
Wall Street Ends Mixed Following Strong Data on Wages, Jobs
Worries about inflation weighed on Wall Street Friday, leaving major indexes mixed after a report showed wages for ...
December 2, 2022
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The Associated Press
Americans Looking for Extra Work to Cope With Rising Inflation: Survey
Millions of Americans are working at side hustles or gig jobs due to economic challenges over the past ...
September 28, 2022
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Sanders Says Democrats Must Admit Americans Are in ‘Rough Shape,’ ‘Wages Not Keeping up With Inflation’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday highlighted the declining state of the economy under President Joe Biden and said ...
September 28, 2022
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Katabella Roberts
1.3 Million Jobs Were Result of Double-Counting This Year, Heritage Economist Says
The monthly U.S. jobs reports have topped market estimates many times this year, including the July and August ...
September 14, 2022
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Andrew Moran
Department of Labor Fines Hawaiian Restaurant Group for Tip Violations
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July 8, 2022
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Nicholas Dolinger
Worker Shortage a Bigger Inflation Threat Than Unions, Economist Says
Unions are starting to negotiate some of the biggest pay hikes in years, but an economist says their ...
June 29, 2022
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Rahul Vaidyanath
Apple to Hike Wages Amid Tight Labor Market, Inflationary Pressures
Apple has announced plans to raise salaries for U.S. workers by at least 10 percent in a tight ...
May 26, 2022
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Tom Ozimek
Australian Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest in Almost 50 Years
Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen below four percent for the first time as 4,000 people found employment, the ...
May 19, 2022
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Rebecca Zhu
Eurozone Firms See Wages Rising by 3 Percent or More, ECB Says
FRANKFURT—Eurozone companies expect wages to rise by 3 percent or more this year as workers demand to be ...
February 4, 2022
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Reuters
Hourly Earnings Rise Above Expectations, Stirring Wage-Price Spiral Inflation Fears
Wages among hourly workers in the United States rose above expectations in January, putting economists on alert for ...
February 4, 2022
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Tom Ozimek
Chinese Property Developers Encounter Intensifying Clashes Over Domestic Construction and Wage Arrears
Embattled developer Evergrande’s failure to meet its debt payments has set off a chain reaction in the property ...
January 31, 2022
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Lin Cenxin
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Luo Ya
Real Wages Plummet as Inflation Hits the Job Recovery
Commentary The U.S. December jobs report shows that the labor market remains weak. The headline 3.9 percent unemployment ...
January 11, 2022
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Daniel Lacalle
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