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U.S. President Joe Biden wants to boost the budget of the Department of Labor unit that investigates whether gig workers are misclassified and thus missing out on benefits they are entitled to.

U.S. President Joe Biden's $715 billion Department of Defense budget includes a 2.7% pay raise for troops and shifts billions in spending from old systems to help pay to modernize the nuclear arsenal to deter China.

By Reuters Staff (Adds background, details) May 26 (Reuters) - National Australia Bank Ltd on Wednesday said issues related to underpayment of staff for part-time work had impacted 3,200 current and former employees. The country’s third-largest bank also noted a local media report that said the Finance Sector Union was looking to lodge Federal Court proceedings against the bank for alleged underpayment of staff. The bank denied allegations that the underpayment issues impacted full-time emplo...

* Weekly jobless claims fall 34,000 to 444,000 * Continuing claims increase 111,000 to 3.751 million * Mid-Atlantic factory activity, hiring slow in May WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped further below 500,000 last week, but jobless rolls swelled in early May, which could temper expectations for an acceleration in employment growth this month. Indeed, other data on Thursday showed a measure of factory employment in the mid-...

6 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped further below 500,000 last week, but jobless rolls swelled in early May, which could temper expectations for an acceleration in employment growth this month. FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo Indeed, other data on Thursday showed a measure of factory employme...

After weeks without pay, it was debt that drove Cambodian garment worker Eang Malea back to her factory when it reopened this month, eclipsing her heightened fear of falling ill amid a surge of COVID-19 cases on factory floors.

3 Min Read TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan aims to raise average minimum wages to 1,000 yen ($9) an hour as soon as possible, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday, a move likely to provoke stiff opposition from small and mid-size firms that are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way in Tokyo, Japan, February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon The effort comes at a time when such firms...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read Cooling towers are pictured at a coal-based power station owned by state power utility Eskom in Duhva, South Africa, February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s Eskom will implement nationwide scheduled power cuts from 1700 local time (1500 GMT) until Tuesday due to breakdowns at seven of its power plants in the last 24 hours, the struggling state utility said on Sunday. Eskom said in a statement the breakdowns at t...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 12, 2021. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS (Reuters) -The United States, Mexico and Canada will next week hold their first formal talks on their continental trade deal, with particular focus on labor and environmental obligations, the U.S. government said on Friday. Trade ministers from the three nations are set to meet virtually o...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Mexicos President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador addresses to the nation on his second anniversary as the President of Mexico, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday welcomed a move by the United States against General Motors Co for alleged labor violations at a Mexican factory, saying the two governments had to work t...