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"Imagine retaliating against your workers unionizing by putting their health and safety at risk," said a Starbucks worker in Indiana.

"If women can get tons of time off for maternity leave, men can have some as well," one Twitter user replied to Klacik. "It's our kid too."

Hard Eight BBQ has been ordered to pay the withheld wages to 910 employees across five restaurants.

The vast majority of those who are quitting their jobs in the U.S. are leaving for new roles as employers offer benefits like higher pay.

Employers in the U.S. added 678,000 jobs in February, according to the Labor Department.

Blaine Larsen Farms didn't pay nearly 500 employees their full wages, the Department of Labor said.

The Labor Department announced Thursday that annual inflation had increased at its fastest pace in 40 years.

About 467,000 new jobs were also added in the past week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

This move follows a ruling by the Supreme Court wherein justices decided that OSHA didn't have the authority to enforce the Biden administration's order.

"Lots of quits means stronger worker bargaining power, which will likely feed into strong wage gains,'' one researcher said.

Said one senior analyst: "With so much uncertainty now and the high level of concern about the Omicron variant, we'll take stability when we can get it."

"While U.S. labor and employment laws should always be vigorously upheld, Amazon's size and scope necessitate particular scrutiny by federal regulators when widespread and credible allegations of labor and employment law violations surface," the senators write in a letter.

The Department of Labor estimates half of the workers who will see a pay increase are women, 25 percent are Hispanic and 15 percent are Black.

The Department of Labor criticized New Mexico restaurant operator Chachi's for shortchanging employees who had "put themselves at risk to earn a living."

More than 20 states filed lawsuits against the mandate, alleging infringements on the Constitution and federal government overreach.

"Forced injections mandated by the federal government are nothing short of subsidized medical apartheid," the Republican from North Carolina said.

A recent ManpowerGroup study found nearly 40 percent of job candidates ranked schedule flexibility in their top three factors in career decisions.

The Department of Justice and the Department of Labor announced separate settlements with Facebook on Tuesday.

Low job take-up is not a result of a labor shortage, the former labor secretary argues, but American workers demanding better wages and childcare support.

OSHA's new rule would focus on heat related illnesses in workplaces after record high temperatures caused hundreds of deaths in the Pacific Northwest.

Herd immunity cannot be achieved through herd mentality—individual choice, not forcible mandates, is the only path forward.

As millions lose access to federal unemployment benefits, President Joe Biden has called for the long-term reform of unemployment insurance (UI) programs.

According to economists, pandemic-related factors made for the highest hiring numbers ever recorded by the Labor Department.

Sarku Hibachi Grill & Buffet in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, required servers paid an hourly wage of $3 or less to share their tips with the owner and manager, an investigation found.

"Our labor force is healing, our economy is reopening, and people are getting back to work, but we still have a way to go," said Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.

Though a majority of Americans make more than the current minimum wage, it's estimated roughly 17 million workers will still be paid below $15-an-hour by 2025.

The June report showed a rapidly recovering U.S. economy that was performing better than expected, unlike April's numbers, which fell over 700,000 jobs short of forecasted estimates.

Around 15.8 million Americans received unemployment aid during the week of May 8 according to a report from the Labor Department.

Kansas and Florida, two states with Republican governors, are also considering ending the federal unemployment benefit.

"The solution is to actually pay a living wage," the New York progressive tweeted.