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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6 ways companies are 'quiet firing' white-collar workers

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Progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal says Biden is 'very, very interested' in getting more workers overtime pay

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal

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The 4-day workweek: Science explains why it could improve our minds, bodies, and companies' bottom lines

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A UK report found tons of benefits from a four-day workweek.

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Gary Vaynerchuk compares the rise of AI like ChatGPT to the way the internet revolutionized work: 'AI is coming for our jobs and that's ok'

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Entrepreneur and internet personality Gary Vaynerchuk is optimistic that workers will survive the rise of AI, although some experts are more ambivalent.

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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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Companies are using layoffs to cut new-hire salaries and win back the power they held before the pandemic, some recruiters say

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Companies are lowering salaries for new hires, and recent layoffs are tamping down the power of remaining employees, recruiters say.

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An ex-Googler said finding out they'd get far less stock than expected felt like a 'second kick in the chest' after losing their job

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Sundar Pichai is CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet.

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Walmart workers to begin seeing higher paychecks on March 2, but their minimum wage will still be below Amazon, Costco, and Target

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Walmart workers and supporters protest low wages outside one of the company's stores in Miami Gardens, Florida September 5, 2013
Walmart workers have been protesting low wages for years.

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There are plenty of open jobs for tech workers — they're just not at tech companies

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Tech jobs are still plentiful, despite the massive wave of layoffs, according to a new report.

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