After an ongoing enforcement initiative centered on Massachusetts restaurant industry, the U.S. Department of Labor has found significant violations of the minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and investigations by the Boston District Office of the DOL's Wage and Hour Division are ordering a...
Following top practices for firm performance, technology, compliance and administrative support result in the highest levels of satisfaction, not compensation, for financial advisers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study.
After hearing oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of health care reforms individual mandate, the Supreme Court justices are to decide whether the bill should be left alone, partially overturned or struck down in its entirety, says Jennifer Kraft, one of the lawyers who presented oral arguments to the Supreme Court...
The U.S. Department of Labor is making available $15 million in grants through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program in an effort to provide job training services to help homeless veterans find success in their civilian careers.
Although the average 2012 information technology budgets grew to 10.2 percent from 8.5 percent in 2011, 57 percent of IT leaders are concerned about losing top talent, which is up by 14 percent, according to two recent surveys by staffing firm PROTECH.
In a letter to the Senate dated March 26, Frederic Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, urged lawmakers to consider the negative implications of bill S. 1789, known as the 21st Century Postal Service Act, which was created to address the financial crisis at the United States...
Seasonal hiring is expected to hit levels similar to 2011 for an improvement from the recession, and hiring is believed to start earlier this season, according to a survey of hiring managers by employment network Snagajob.
As natural gas is playing a smaller role in the Texas power generation market from 2005 through 2011, the state lost $7.7 billion and forfeited 8,600 jobs, according to a study by Dr. Michael J. Economides, a chemical and biomolecular professor at the University of Houston, and Philip E. Lewis,...
According to new research from Civic Ventures, 31 million people ages 44 to 70 want encore careers combining personal meaning, continued income and social impact, but they have trouble making the financial transition.