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With inflation soaring and investment returns falling, retirees could end up with a smaller-than-expected retirement nest egg.

A House committee said work-related injuries are "grossly underreported," suggesting employers had "strong incentives" to underreport them.

A Chick-fil-A franchise in North Carolina was fined thousands of dollars for multiple child labor violations.

An investigation by the Department of Labor found child labor violations involving 101 minors at 13 McDonald's locations in the greater Pittsburgh area.

Urgent Home Care Inc. was fined $521,905 by a court in Arizona.

Caterpillar Inc. has been fined $145,027 following the fatal accident.

"They sent payment well after they were legally required to and with a form of payment that was already void when they mailed it," one user commented.

The rate of unemployment in September 2022 dropped to 3.5 percent, compared to September 2021 when it stood at 4.7 percent, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"I received a call and was told not to come to work the next day," the man said. "I also asked for an official termination letter but they ignored that."

Experts point to a number of factors behind the largest rise in consumer prices since 1981.

"There were 235,000 new unemployment claims nationwide, which is a lot fewer than the 6.1 million during the peak of the pandemic," a WalletHub survey found.

"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.