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About a year ago, I signed into law an increase in the minimum wage for fast-food workers. The legislation created new protections for these hard-working people and gave them a greater voice in establishing workplace standards. That bill, which took effect on April 1, increased the minimum wage to $20 per hour for workers at fast-food chains with 60 or …

Since Americans have started waking up to the reality of our country’s illegal immigration problem, politicians, activists and cable news pundits have tried to quell the masses with slogans like “Immigration makes us stronger,” and “Illegal immigration is a victimless crime.” While these Orwellian messages may have worked in the past, they are failing hard now as people contrast them …

Vice President Kamala Harris claims she worked at McDonald’s as a teenager, but that job is missing from her early resumes and memoir. I sympathize with her since I also omitted from resumes my teenage summer job sloughing on the payroll of the Virginia Highway Department. But that job taught me more about the nature of government than any high …

Sick days have taken on a whole new meaning. As Generation Z employees enter the workforce, paid sick days — allotted by a majority of companies — are being used more than ever. Approximately 30% of employees took sick leave in the first 10 months of 2023 — up 42% from 2019, according to the HR platform Gusto, which is …

In today’s ever-evolving landscape of career development, one thing has become abundantly clear: Success isn’t solely about the hours we put in; it’s about the mindset we bring to the table. Throughout my career journey as well as being a student of history, I’ve witnessed time and time again the transformative power of optimism in achieving professional milestones. It’s not …

Imagine wanting to crush independent contractors and small businesses so badly that you would go after your own supporters. In California, that scenario is becoming a reality as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Employment Development Department (EDD) is going after the state’s sacred cow – Hollywood! You may not be sympathetic to Californians or to Hollywood, but don’t let that take …

In honor of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) 2024 National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign, the organization released yearly numbers regarding dogs attacking postal workers. In 2023, there were over 5,800 cases involving dog attacks on postal workers, according to the USPS. This is up from more than 5,300 in 2022. GEORGIA POLICE SERGEANT TOUTS ‘AMAZING’ ABILITIES OF CANINE COMPANION IN …

The State Department’s practices of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring has led to potential inefficiencies in hiring and concerns about the quality of employees in the foreign service, according to a report from The Heritage Foundation. “Ideologically driven bureaucrats at the State Department are severely undermining U.S. diplomacy by artificially engineering equal outcomes in hiring and personnel decisions, through …

A northern Virginia tech company is paying $38,500 to settle claims that it discriminated by posting a job listing seeking white, U.S.-born candidates for an opening as a business analyst. The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had reached a settlement agreement with Arthur Grand Technologies, an information technology firm in Ashburn, Virginia. The company listed the business analyst job …

FIRST ON FOX: With nearly two-thirds of nurses in the United States experiencing burnout — including 69% of those under 25 years of age, according to the American Nurses Association — many in the industry are calling for change. A recent survey by AMN Healthcare, a health care workforce solutions company based in Texas, found that most nurses aren’t optimistic …