On Nov. 1, households across the country will participate in two national rituals: taking down Halloween decorations, and, more urgently, setting their clocks back by an hour. The biannual switch
Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) went into effect in California on January 1 amid much controversy. The bill was designed to combat worker misclassification and provide greater labor protections to gig
The second part of a series on the financial help available from the newly-enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act looks at the impact on the business sector,
Anxious readers are being hit by a rapid flood of information and hastily-reported facts that can be overwhelming to sort out as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the U.S.
The second part of our series on SECURE Act focuses on the business community in your reporting area. There’s still more to report on the end of the “stretch” IRA,
As reported earlier in this blog, Congress approved a new law to improve the retirement security of U.S. workers just before Christmas of 2019. The “Setting Every Community Up for
The U.S. Census Bureau is one of the valuable tools a journalist can use. It can be a supplemental element to everyday business stories, as well as a reliable annual
While on the campaign trail this fall, Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren shared a story about getting fired for being pregnant. That was in 1971, seven years before Congress passed the
The 2020 presidential election is less than a year away, so yard signs, buttons, bumper stickers, and other memorabilia are already out in full force. Thanks to inexpensive print on
The U.S. trade war is giving many U.S. consumers in, or near, retirement, the financial jitters, which should push the issue of retirement security to the top of your reporting
According to a Congressional Budget Office analysis, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour for most workers. This federal rate hasn’t changed since 2009, though 29 states have a
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