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Changing Face of Kashmir’s Labor Market

Kashmir Observer 20 Mar 2025
Better Labor Wages in Kashmir ... These labor wages and benefits in Kashmir force mass migration of labour workforce from other states to Kashmir ... hire local labor through wage subsidies or tax incentives.
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Youth Unemployment Drops Sharply in Cyprus

Famagusta Gazette 20 Mar 2025
Labor Costs on the Rise. In a separate report, Politis highlighted a rise in labor costs during the final quarter of 2024. Hourly wages increased by 5.6% compared to the same ...
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If Trump weakens federal worker protections, can NJ fill in the gap?

Burlington County Times 20 Mar 2025
Those same labor advocates are nervous about how federal agencies designed to protect worker safety, wage laws and workplace discrimination will fare under President Donald Trump and an administration ...
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An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as ...

Scheerpost 20 Mar 2025
The state’s minimum wage at the time was $11 an hour ... Multiple courts have decided that the Fair Labor Standards Act, which sets the federal minimum wage, does not apply to detained migrants. At issue in the Tacoma case is the state minimum wage.
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As Trump cancels grants, Gateway rail tunnel advocates promote its economic benefits

northjersey.com 20 Mar 2025
And the report's authors estimate that every $10 spent on direct labor for those five contracts supports more than $17 in wages and benefits across the country ... That equates to $959 million in wages ...
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Los Angeles construction costs jump 5.9%, another fire rebuilding hurdle

The San Diego Union-Tribune 20 Mar 2025
And nobody knows what threatened trade wars mean for building supply prices ... Not just L.A ... The culprits are not enough labor and hard-to-get materials ... A federal construction-wage index shows California labor costs are up 4% annually and 21% since 2019.
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Hot yoga, 200 grams of protein, and date nights: How a nurse and Chippendales dancer ...

Business Insider 20 Mar 2025
To be sure, Chippendales made headlines in October when the dancers announced their intention to unionize with the Actors' Equity Association, asking for better wages and working conditions.
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Winner-take-all, minimum wage freezes among priorities for Nebraska's 2025 legislative session

York News-Times 20 Mar 2025
Jane Raybould of Lincoln, which would freeze minimum wage increases for youths and workers in training ... LB 258, she said, would undercut a successful 2022 ballot initiative that put in place yearly minimum wage increases Nebraska is still undergoing.
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DOLE reminds firms to submit 2024 wage reports by June 30

Manila Bulletin 19 Mar 2025
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has reminded all private sector establishments to submit their 2024 Annual Establishment Report on Wages (AERW) from Mar.
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The Great Stay: Why Switching Jobs No Longer Pays Off in 2025

The Modesto Bee 19 Mar 2025
Amid the labor ... Workers now have “fewer opportunities to switch jobs and to realize wage gains,” Bill Congdon, labor economist and senior fellow at the Urban Institute, says in an email.
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Bank of Japan holds rates steady at 0.5% amid Trump tariff uncertainties

Invezz 19 Mar 2025
Japan’s largest labor union, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), announced last week that it secured an average wage increase of 5.46% from April, marking the highest gain in over three decades.
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'I have no choice': Billion dollar fed contractor fights to pay detainees $1 a day ...

Alternet 19 Mar 2025
The state’s minimum wage at the time was $11 an hour ... Multiple courts have decided that the Fair Labor Standards Act, which sets the federal minimum wage, does not apply to detained migrants. At issue in the Tacoma case is the state minimum wage.
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ICE contractor worth billions is fighting to pay detainee workers $1-a-day

Raw Story 19 Mar 2025
The state’s minimum wage at the time was $11 an hour ... Multiple courts have decided that the Fair Labor Standards Act, which sets the federal minimum wage, does not apply to detained migrants. At issue in the Tacoma case is the state minimum wage.
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California puts $25 million toward worker safety outreach amid fire rebuilding efforts

The Los Angeles Times 19 Mar 2025
California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower said that because many cases of wage theft rely on active witnesses rather than violations documented on paper, community groups are essential in ...
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Construction material prices rise by 20% in northern Syria

Enab Baladi 19 Mar 2025
Rising costs and labor wages ... Reconstruction and building operations have raised labor wages, which used to be no more than four dollars at best per day; as confirmed by Abdullah al-Asaad (a ...
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