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Colorado legislators rejected a bill that would have required retailers and companies in the hospitality industry to provide more predictable scheduling and compensation for "show up time" after sponsors acknowledged

Evanston resident Riad Rezko worked as a valet at the downtown Evanston Hilton Orrington hotel for more than a decade.  Hotel management switched him from full- to part-time employment, resulting in his loss of paid hours and insurance benefits. However, when his managers make him work overtime, they pay him the regular rate without additional...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. recently announced a new prosecutorial branch tasked with investigating and prosecuting wage theft and other forms of worker harassment and...

Austin Locke, a six-year Starbucks employee, was fired last July after the Seattle-based company charged that he violated the company’s COVID protocols.

"Fair Workweek Employment Standards" would require companies with 250 workers or more to provide schedules 14 days in advance and 12 hours of rest between shifts.

A recently proposed state house bill aiming to offer employees more predictability in their work schedules has Durango Chamber of Commerce members concerned about its impacts on business owners. Hous...

Supporters call it the Fair Workweek Bill. Opponents call it the most restrictive workplace scheduling bill in the country.

The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant restrictions created hardships for employees and employers across the nation. Like other states, Colorado restaurants were the most affected facing longterm difficulties from which many

Starbucks is in hot water with its employees once again, with more than two dozen baristas across New York City saying that the coffee giant is in violation

Silvija Martincevic, former chief commercial officer of Affirm, one of the U.S.’s biggest buy now, pay later startups, is leaving to become CEO of shift work management platform Deputy. Based in Australia, Deputy is focused on expanding in the United States and other countries, and Martincevic will oversee its growth strategy. She will also take a seat on Deputy’s board of directors.