Attorneys general in over a dozen states oppose a federal Department of Labor proposal to let employers control the tips of some hourly employees.

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NEW YORK — Walmart, the world’s largest private employer, is boosting its starting salary for U.S. workers to $11 an hour and handing out one-time cash bonuses. The company cited tax legislation that will help it save money, but the ...

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More people are working in the Baltimore metro area than ever before, according to a recent economic study by PNC Bank. Around 1.4 million people are employed in this area, the highest since before the recession, when 1.32 million people ...

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Although Maryland has added nearly 40,000 jobs over the past year, the state’s private workers aren’t necessarily seeing increased wages as a result. In May 2014, private-sector employees in Maryland earned an average of $27.09 per hour, the seventh-highest rate ...

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The owners of Woodberry Kitchen and its sister restaurants do not pay prep cooks daily wages unless they work 10-hour shifts, according to a potential class-action federal lawsuit filed Friday. The pastry cooks, line cooks and bread-bakers also regularly worked ...

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LA Fitness has agreed to pay nearly $50,000 in unpaid wages and overtime to settle a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit brought by four current and past employees. The health club chain also will pay more than $40,000 in attorneys’ ...

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U.S. employers added a vigorous 257,000 jobs in January, and wages jumped by the most in six years — evidence that the job market is accelerating closer to full health. The surprisingly robust report the government issued Friday also showed ...

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Can you think of a case before the Court of Appeals where one side was not represented at oral arguments?

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The health care company Muriel Peters once worked for is no longer in business, meaning she might not get paid any of the overtime wages she could be owed under last week’s Court of Appeals ruling.

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Members of a union representing 2,000 hospital workers are weighing in on a labor agreement reached earlier this week with Johns Hopkins Hospital after months of contentious negotiations with the medical institution.

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