Kroger is the latest retailer to spend big on employee wages as the job market tightens

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Kroger will invest $770 million more in pay and benefits for its employees this year, making it the latest retailer to spend more as the retail labor market remains tight.

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A laid-off Twitter exec who went viral for sleeping on the office floor says people who are afraid of being 'dunked on' should stay 'small and invisible'

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Esther Crawford had worked as a director of product management at Twitter until she was reportedly laid off over the weekend.

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It's official: Costco workers are paid to be nice to you

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Costco front-end workers should "greet every member with a smile and present yourself in a professional, friendly manner," the employee handbook says.

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4 Florida restaurants with the same owner had to give over $250,000 of back pay to staff after the Department of Labor said they only paid servers tips

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Low wages drove workers out of the restaurant industry during the pandemic.

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A group of companies say they plan to continue with a 4-day workweek after workers on a trial took fewer sick days and resignations fell

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2,900 employees in the UK took part in the four-day workweek trial.

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'Bare Minimum Monday' is nice, but it's got nothing on 'Try-Less Tuesday'

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"Fool-Around Fridays" could catch on.

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I'm a millennial who manages Gen Z workers. The hardest thing about it is dealing with all their 'feelings about work.'

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Lowe's says it has taken 'prompt action' after a viral TikTok showed an employee screaming for help after others encouraged them to retrieve a giant box with a store lift

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Lowe's says it has taken action after a viral TikTok showed an employee being nearly crushed by a large box.

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Chick-fil-A is opening a break room for New York food delivery drivers to get coffee or use the restroom between orders, addressing some of the biggest complaints about the job

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Delivery workers will be able to grab a coffee, use the restroom, charge their phone, and use the WiFi.

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An Ohio restaurant 'forced' servers to work 60 hours a week for just $10 in wages plus tips, the Department of Labor says

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A waiter wearing safety gear to follow sanitary protocols against Covid-19 takes plates of food to serve to customers during a working day at Salon Tenampa on August 22, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico
A Mexican restaurant in Ohio paid its servers just $10 a week, a DOL investigation found.

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