Wages and Benefits

2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (359+ words) "Farmers can't pass along cost increases like other industries." In January, California will raise pay for H-2A guest farmworkers from $16.90 to $19.75 an hour after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the controversial AB 2646 in September. Dozens of trade associations opposed the decision, saying…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (142+ words) DEA honors the sacrifice Veterans have made while serving our country. Veterans have certain entitlements by law in competing for Federal civil service employment. Federal Service Employment of Veterans: The following online resources are provided to help you understand veterans…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (346+ words) OAKLAND CITY, Ind. (WFIE) - Former employees at Oakland City University have reportedly received their owed back wages, though payouts for accrued vacation time remain unresolved. Former employees tell 14 News all owed wages have now been received, but that they are…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (324+ words) The success of our academic mission requires a continuous investment in faculty salaries to ensure we maintain outstanding research, scholarship, creative work, teaching and service. At CU Boulder, we’re making that investment through three key actions: raising promotion and tenure…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (629+ words) Oakland’s highest-paid employees are all police officers and firefighters — with several making more than $700,000 in total compensation a year, largely due to enormous overtime earnings that sometimes doubled their wages. Of the roughly 200 city workers who made over $475,000 in compensation…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1105+ words) Relying on veteran survey responses and novel actuarial data, the authors examine the relationship between benefit value and reliance on the Veterans Health Administration. Results: We found that a $1 increase in relative VHA benefit value leads to at most a…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (95+ words) Bloomberg Tax California is creating a new minimum wage for certain out-of-state agricultural employees and those working alongside them, under a bill effective Jan. 1, 2027. AB 2646 applies to out-of-state agricultural employees working in California on a temporary or seasonal basis, which…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1267+ words) Hybrid work arrangements have created more questions around what travel counts as work time, Gene Marks writes. If you have hourly employees who split their time between home, the office and customer locations, you should take another look at when…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (162+ words) Mark K. Miller began covering the television industry in 1975 when he joined Broadcasting magazine as an editorial assistant, becoming a staff writer. He moved to editing, becoming managing editor of the renamed Broadcasting & Cable in 1991. Mark left B&C at the…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (463+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (FOX26) — A new California law will set a $19.75 hourly wage floor for certain agricultural workers beginning Jan. 1, drawing praise from supporters who say it protects farm workers and pushback from agriculture groups that warn it could lead to fewer…...