Efficiency wages boost productivity by paying above market rates to retain skilled workers, reduce turnover, and foster loyalty. Learn how it impacts business success.

Pennsylvania’s minimum wage hasn’t budged since the economic downturn of 2009, and some business owners in Philadelphia have decided to take the matter into their own hands. Ken Weinstein’s calling it ...

In a 2014 letter written by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) to President Obama and congressional leaders in support of an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, more than 600 ...

2022 has been a year where inflation has seriously eaten into or even totally diminished any salary increases workers might have received. For people in some countries, this scenario has actually been ...

Radical and rising economic inequality is no secret — and now, neither is its cause. New research from the Economic Policy Institute shows that the massive upward redistribution of income our nation ...

In the decade since the 2008 recession we’ve had an enormous runup in the stock market, accelerating growth in GDP, and a steady increase in job growth. Yet despite these positive economic trends, ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Are you owed wages? It takes just a few minutes to find out if the government has money you can recover. Clifford led How To coverage. He spent a handful of years at Peachpit Press, editing books on ...

Retail businesses rely on their employees to generate income, whether they make use of in-store staff to educate customers and help them find products that serve their needs, or sales staff who engage ...

June 04, 2025 - Navigating employment laws can be a daunting challenge for U.S. businesses, particularly those operating across multiple states and localities. While federal statutes set the baseline ...

As an employer, you are responsible for supplying both your employees and the Internal Revenue Service with a Form W-2 for each employee, showing their taxable income for the year. Knowing how this ...