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WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Cash App $CriticalComp Episode 20: Henry Darby, Velocity of Money, Increase Tipped Wage, Staffing Firms and Job Scams. Episode 20 (02/07/2021) References: Henry Darby goes above and beyond to help his students. And that should make you angry https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article249015290.html#storylink=mainstage_cardO Let's talk about the ‘velocity of money' https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2021/02/09/lets-talk-about-the-velocity-of-money-column/ Ending the Subminimum Tipped Wage Is a Step Towards Building Black Worker Power https://inequality.org/great-divide/ending-tipped-wage-black-worker-power/ CBO report finds $15 minimum wage would cost jobs but lower poverty levels https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/08/minimum-wage-hike-15-an-hour-by-2025-would-result-14-million-unemployed-nonpartisan-congressional-budget-office-says/ Staffing firm's per diem payments were compensation, not reimbursements: 9th Circuit https://www.reuters.com/article/employment-flsa/staffing-firms-per-diem-payments-were-compensation-not-reimbursements-9th-circuit-idUSL1N2KF04Y Great job opportunity or a big scam? https://www.abc15.com/news/let-joe-know/great-job-opportunity-or-a-big-scam --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Cash App $CriticalComp Episode 19: GameStop $11 Hour Wage, Federal Comp Reform, Mental Health Work Comp, Target Bonuses, WA Agriculture Overtime Pay Episode 19 (01/31/2021) References: GameStop Staff Making $11 an Hour Miss Out on Rally's Spoils https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-28/gamestop-staff-making-11-an-hour-find-reddit-traders-tone-deaf Osten Spearheads Push for Workers' Compensation to Include Mental Health https://ctexaminer.com/2021/01/30/osten-spearheads-push-for-workers-compensation-to-include-mental-health/ Fixing Federal Compensation Should Be Civil Service Reform Priority No. 1 https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2021/01/fixing-federal-compensation-should-be-civil-service-reform-priority-no-1/171695/ Raising the Minimum Wage Would Boost an Economic Recovery—and Reduce Taxpayer Subsidization of Low-Wage https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/news/2021/01/27/495163/raising-minimum-wage-boost-economic-recovery-reduce-taxpayer-subsidization-low-wage-work/ Love's to pay employees a $75 bonus for virus vaccinations https://tulsaworld.com/business/loves-to-pay-employees-a-75-bonus-for-virus-vaccinations/article_0409c86a-627a-11eb-80e3-9b9f22c75ed4.html McDonald's to pay employees to get vaccinated https://www.pantagraph.com/business/mcdonald-s-to-pay-employees-to-get-vaccinated/article_67e53380-681c-5f7a-b0ad-e7dc4564768b.html Target to pay out $200 million in employee bonuses https://www.supermarketnews.com/retail-financial/target-pay-out-200-million-employee-bonuses Washington farmers: Overtime pay lawsuits could sink us https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/dairy/washington-farmers-overtime-pay-lawsuits-could-sink-us/article_042e8a14-619a-11eb-8ade-4b87302a8567.html Focus on Families, Not on Wages https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-29/minimum-wage-hike-give-the-money-to-families-instead San Jose, Oakland may require grocers to give ‘hazard pay' to front line workers https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/31/san-jose-oakland-may-require-grocers-to-give-hazard-pay-to-front-line-workers/ Ohio Auto Parts Workers Are on Strike to Unionize https://labornotes.org/2021/01/ohio-auto-parts-workers-are-strike-unionize --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Cash App $CriticalComp Episode 18: Hunts Point Strike, Unemployment, Work Struggles for Wages Across the World, Wall Street Firms Frugality with Workers. Episode 18 (01/24/2021) References: Court denies Post Foods' motion to dismiss compensation lawsuit https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/17757-court-denies-post-foods-motion-to-dismiss-compensation-lawsuit Forget Biden's Bust of Cesar Chavez: Hunts Point Strike Is the Bold Labor Action the Country Needs https://theintercept.com/2021/01/23/covid-nyc-hunts-point-strike/ Another 900,000 file for unemployment, record jobless claims continue amid mass death from pandemic https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/22/unem-j22.html Richard Wolff on Jacobin talking about jobs program from the FDR administration. https://youtu.be/BNYzMm6_c-Q?t=4511 CPS calls CTU's proposed rejection of in-person school an ‘illegal strike' https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/21/22242706/ctu-cps-strike-walkout-remote-learning-public-schools-teachers-union Trader Joe's, Dollar General And Others Are Paying Workers To Get Vaccines https://www.npr.org/2021/01/21/958849642/grocers-have-a-strategy-to-get-their-workers-vaccinated-against-covid-19-pay-the Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/22/wkrs-j22.html Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/23/labo-j23.html Wall Street Gets Frugal With Employees After Pandemic Windfall https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-21/wall-street-gets-frugal-with-employees-after-pandemic-windfall --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Cash App $CriticalComp Episode 17: Minimum Wage Raises, Chinese, Indian, and Peruvian Wage Protests and Teachers Paid Not to Teach. Episode 17 (01/17/2021) References: Raises From Coast to Coast in 2021 https://www.nelp.org/publication/raises-from-coast-to-coast-in-2021/ Peru president vows action after deaths at farm workers protest https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/31/peru-president-vows-action-after-deaths-at-farm-workers-protest Apple supply chain workers in Asia protest over unpaid wages https://www.ft.com/content/4dd7ffed-1814-4bb3-a97e-2b82054e7c77 The N.J. Teachers Who Get Paid Not to Teach https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-n-j-teachers-who-get-paid-not-to-teach-11609710168?mod=searchresults_pos16&page=1 Money for Nothing https://goldwaterinstitute.org/money-for-nothing/ Wages for the top 1% skyrocketed 160% since 1979 while the share of wages for the bottom 90% shrunk https://www.epi.org/blog/wages-for-the-top-1-skyrocketed-160-since-1979-while-the-share-of-wages-for-the-bottom-90-shrunk-time-to-remake-wage-pattern-with-economic-policies-that-generate-robust-wage-growth-for-vast-majority/ The heath care workforce needs higher wages and better opportunities https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/12/02/the-heath-care-workforce-needs-higher-wages-and-better-opportunities/amp/ Unequal Power https://www.epi.org/unequalpower/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode 16: Microsoft Hiring Bias, Raise the Wage Act, 35k Airline Job Cuts, Portguese Workers Wage Protest, Luxury Building Workers Strike. Episode 16 (09/27/2020) References: Already facing its worst crisis since 9/11, airline industry set to cut more than 35,000 jobs this week https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/airline-industry-job-cuts/2020/09/26/824b1380-fdaf-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html Angry but determined: Portuguese workers protest for better wages amid pandemic https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL8N2GN0BF Essential workers deserve essential wages https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/517684-essential-workers-deserve-essential-wages Marriage linked to higher wages for some workers https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/marriage-linked-higher-wages-some-workers https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/2020/4/marriage-rate-blog-test High Rise Luxury Building Workers Walk Off Job in Bid for Fair Wages, Healthcare https://www.tapinto.net/towns/jersey-city/sections/economic-development/articles/high-rise-luxury-building-workers-walk-off-job-in-bid-for-fair-wages-healthcare A Right-Leaning Court Will Tackle Some Big Business Cases. The Outcomes Aren't Obvious. https://www.barrons.com/articles/how-a-more-conservative-supreme-court-could-redefine-free-enterprise-51601070282?mod=hp_LEAD_1 Perspective | Elevating the ‘teacher pay penalty' on the state and national agenda https://www.ednc.org/perspective-elevating-the-teacher-pay-penalty-on-the-state-and-national-agenda/ Microsoft to pay $3M to job applicants to resolve hiring bias claims https://www.hrdive.com/news/microsoft-to-pay-3m-to-job-applicants-to-resolve-hiring-bias-claims/585681/ Uber, Lyft Give California GOP Millions While Fighting Driver Reclassification https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj4q7p/uber-lyft-give-california-gop-millions-while-fighting-driver-reclassification --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcom Episode 15: Intentional Wage Suppression, Million Dollar Coach Salaries, Largest Healthcare Worker Strike, End Below-Minimum Wage for Workers with Disabilities. Episode 15 (09/20/2020) References: Some Texas teachers are getting the biggest pay hikes of their careers. Here's how. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/Some-Texas-teachers-are-getting-the-biggest-pay-15541479.php U.S. Agency Urges End To Below-Minimum Wage For Workers With Disabilities https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/912840482/u-s-agency-urges-end-to-below-minimum-wage-for-workers-with-disabilities Connecticut hourly minimum wage increases from $11 to $12 https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/09/17/connecticut-hourly-minimum-wage-increases-from-11-to-12/ Immigrants Win Back Stolen Wages, But Few May Report Violations During Pandemic https://www.kqed.org/news/11838137/immigrants-win-back-stolen-wages-but-few-may-report-violations-during-pandemic Square to offer early access to earned wages for employees of its merchants https://www.marketwatch.com/story/square-to-offer-early-access-to-earned-wages-for-employees-of-its-merchants-11600184721 Suppression of wages in US at centre of widening social inequality https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/16/wage-s16.html Hobby Lobby to raise minimum wage to $17 an hour for full-time workers starting Oct. 1 https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/09/14/hobby-lobby-minimum-hourly-wage-increasing-october/5798782002/ Federal suit says employees at Old Town restaurant weren't paid minimum wage, overtime https://www.kansas.com/news/business/article245751725.html Capping college coaches' salaries discussed at congressional hearing https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29892716/capping-college-coaches-salaries-discussed-congressional-hearing Healthcare Workers Are Leading the Largest Strike Ever at the University of Illinois-Chicago https://inthesetimes.com/article/healthcare-workers-strike-university-illinois-chicago --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode 14: Shorter Work Day Same Pay, Amazon Hiring Spree, Hints Based On JDs, Bad Teaching, Bidens Call To End Tip Min Wage, Wage Theft Rise. Episode 14 (09/16/2020) References: Is it time to cut back our working hours? . https://www.ft.com/content/2973bdb4-aef7-4766-b4a5-3f83dd0d667f https://www.ft.com/content/927794b2-6b70-11ea-89df-41bea055720b SeaWorld, Hard Rock plan layoffs at Florida properties https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2020/09/08/seaworld-hard-rock-plan-layoffs-at-florida-properties/ Amazon is on a hiring spree amid widespread coronavirus layoffs and record unemployment https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/09/amazon-is-on-a-hiring-spree-amid-widespread-coronavirus-layoffs-and-record-unemployment.html https://layoffs.fyi/tracker/ Aspen Skiing Co. confirms layoffs, up to 50 job eliminations https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/aspen-skiing-co-confirms-layoffs-up-to-50-job-eliminations/article_53303f82-f556-11ea-a086-2732da2120ae.html Avoid These 9 Mistakes When Drafting a Job Description for Your Business https://techspective.net/2020/09/12/avoid-these-9-mistakes-when-drafting-a-job-description-for-your-business/ Adjunct professors upset with compensation at Johnson County Community College https://themercury.com/ap/adjunct-professors-upset-with-compensation-at-johnson-county-community-college/article_4c468aee-de6b-5b5e-8c47-40de48fe0f75.html Bad Teaching Is Tearing America Apart https://www.wsj.com/articles/bad-teaching-is-tearing-america-apart-11599857351#refreshed?mod=hp_opin_pos_1 Sanders pushes Biden to focus more on wages, health care https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/516142-sanders-aide-says-senator-pushing-biden-to-focus-more-on-wages-health-care Why Joe Biden's Pledge to End the Tipped Minimum Wage Is a Big Deal https://www.grubstreet.com/2020/09/joe-biden-reiterates-pledge-to-end-the-tipped-minimum-wage.html Michigan Healthcare System to Pay $104.7K to Settle Wage Discrimination Lawsuit https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2020/09/09/581923.htm Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's office detected nearly 13,000 wage theft victims in fiscal 2020, surpassing previous year https://www.masslive.com/business/2020/09/massachusetts-attorney-general-maura-healeys-office-detected-nearly-13000-wage-theft-victims-in-fiscal-2020-surpassing-previous-year.html?outputType=amp --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode 13: Salaries Inside JDs, Microsoft Leaked Salaries, Recession Wage Growth Illusion, MSU KKK HR, Increased Slavery During Covid. Episode 13 (09/06/2020) References: Some NetApp employees complain of ‘toxic culture' ahead of looming layoffs https://www.wraltechwire.com/2020/09/01/some-netapp-employees-complain-of-toxic-culture-ahead-of-looming-layoffs/ This is our big chance to create better workplaces https://www.ft.com/content/3c3f5f1e-8402-4331-8591-e2b667873605 Should salaries be included in job descriptions? https://sports.yahoo.com/should-salaries-be-included-in-job-descriptions-095642379.html Leaked Salary Spreadsheet Reveals Microsoft Employee Earnings for a Second Year https://onezero.medium.com/leaked-salary-spreadsheet-reveals-microsoft-employee-earnings-for-a-second-year-d1466132d309 Stiffing Workers on Wages Grows Worse With Recession https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/business/economy/wage-theft-recession.html MSU To Rename Human Resources Building After Learning of KKK Ties https://www.9and10news.com/2020/09/06/msu-to-rename-human-resources-building-after-learning-of-kkk-ties/ Modern slavery risks surge for Asian garment workers with coronavirus https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-workers-rights-trfn/modern-slavery-risks-surge-for-asian-garment-workers-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN25U38Q U.S. DOL Provides Guidance on Employers' Obligation to Compensate Remote Workers https://www.natlawreview.com/article/us-dol-provides-guidance-employers-obligation-to-compensate-remote-workers Fed study: Wage growth an “illusion” that's “almost entirely attributable” to low-wage job losses https://www.salon.com/2020/09/05/fed-study-wage-growth-an-illusion-thats-almost-entirely-attributable-to-low-wage-job-losses/ The case for a six-hour workday https://www.linkedin.com/feed/news/the-case-for-a-six-hour-workday-4206521/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode 12: Labor Protections Perceptions, Amazon Guillotine for Higher Wage, U.S. Tipping Akin Slavery, Jordian Garment Workers, GOP H-2B Visa Call, Immigrant Worker Organizing. Episode 12 (08/30/2020) References: Qatar raises minimum wage, lifts curbs on changing jobs https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qatar-labour-reform/qatar-raises-minimum-wage-lifts-curbs-on-changing-jobs-idUSKBN25Q0H7 Zelensky signs into law bill to raise minimum wage from Sept 1 https://www.unian.info/economics/minimum-wage-bill-to-raise-minimum-wage-signed-by-parliament-speaker-11128649.html Protesters With Guillotine Outside Jeff Bezos' House Call for Higher Wages https://www.newsweek.com/amazon-protests-guillotine-jeff-bezos-washington-dc-1528472 Gender economist Katica Roy: The U.S. style of tipping hurts the economy—and especially women — amid COVID-19 https://www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/feature/gender-economist-katica-roy-u-s-style-tipping-hurts-economy-ncna1238451 Sexual assault, forced labor, wage theft: garment workers in Jordan suffer for US brands https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/29/sexual-assault-forced-labor-wage-theft-garment-workers-in-jordan-suffer-for-us-brands GOP Lawmakers Asked Trump for Low-Wage, Migrant Worker Visas https://theintercept.com/2020/08/26/gop-push-migrant-worker-visas/ Immigrant Restaurant Workers are Organizing https://www.sfweekly.com/dining/immigrant-restaurant-workers-organizing/ More Proof that ‘Progressive' Wealth Taxes Hurt Average Americans https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/08/progressive-wealth-taxes-hurt-average-americans/ Wages and GDP lost due to COVID-19 school closures https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2020/08/27/wages-and-gdp-lost-due-to-covid-19-school-closures/ Letter: It's the rich people who create jobs, pay wages https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-its-the-rich-people-who-create-jobs-pay-wages/article_8f343be6-2cd2-5de3-b4b1-2808d01b8a5d.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode 11: Pro-life Wages, Boehringer Wage Descrimination, Liberalisms Income Inequality, Latinx Women Job Losses Episode 11 (08/23/2020) References: The rise of the upper middle class https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-rise-of-the-upper-middle-class/2020/08/16/3aa1aea4-de60-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html?outputType=amp Study: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Squeezing-the-middle-class_Report.pdf The Gospel of Matthew reminds us that just wages are a pro-life issue https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/08/21/gospel-matthew-reminds-us-just-wages-are-pro-life-issue School bus drivers to lose wages, health care after district cuts transportation funding https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/school-bus-drivers-to-lose-wages-health-care-after-district-cuts-transportation-funding/ Boehringer Ingelheim Settles Wage Discrimination Charges https://www.pharmalive.com/boehringer-ingelheim-settles-wage-discrimination-charges/ The Least Livable US Cities for Minimum Wage Earners https://www.move.org/least-livable-us-cities-for-minimum-wage-earners/ More Americans oppose than favor the government providing a universal basic income for all adult citizens https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/19/more-americans-oppose-than-favor-the-government-providing-a-universal-basic-income-for-all-adult-citizens/ St. Paul might test guaranteed monthly income https://m.startribune.com/st-paul-might-test-guaranteed-monthly-income/572186432/ How the ‘Useful Idiots' of Liberal New York Fueled Income Inequality https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/21/nyregion/kurt-andersen-nyc-income-inequality.html Battle heats up over graduated income tax https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/battle-heats-over-graduated-income-tax Covid-19 Pay Cuts Are Coming to an End at Some Companies https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-salary-cuts-are-coming-to-an-end-at-some-companies-11598048667?mod=hp_lead_pos1 Latinx workers—particularly women—face devastating job losses in the COVID-19 recession https://www.epi.org/publication/latinx-workers-covid/ Millions of Indian workers strike to protest attacks by Modi government amid COVID-19 pandemic https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/21/indi-a21.html CEO compensation surged 14% in 2019 to $21.3 million https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-compensation-surged-14-in-2019-to-21-3-million-ceos-now-earn-320-times-as-much-as-a-typical-worker/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode 10 (08/16/2020) References: Former Daly City restaurant workers receive back wages in $2.6 million settlement https://sfbayca.com/2020/08/13/former-daly-city-restaurant-workers-receive-back-wages-in-2-6-million-settlement/amp/ Musicians sue ‘The Voice' producer, claiming it did not fully pay wages https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-08-13/the-voice-musicians-union-lawsuit-wages-afm-mgm?_amp=true Agricultural Workers Lose Millions of Dollars Each Year to Employer Wage Theft https://inthesetimes.com/article/agriculture-farm-workers-million-dollar-wage-theft Stanford medical student's tweet about blueberry pickers' wages goes viral https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/08/10/stanford-medical-students-tweet-about-blueberry-pickers-wages-goes-viral/ Pay promises, threats of jail. How Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line made crew work without wages https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article244768187.html Securitas pays employees $176,810 in back wages after violations at four Hawaii airports https://www.khon2.com/local-news/securitas-pays-employees-176810-in-back-wages-after-violations-at-four-hawaii-airports/amp/ Iowa caregivers face low wages but high coronavirus risk https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/health/iowa-caregivers-face-low-wages-but-high-coronavirus-risk-20200810?template=amphtml Department of Labor orders furniture store to pay worker back wages over COVID-19 https://www.wsbtv.com/news/georgia/department-labor-orders-furniture-store-pay-worker-back-wages-over-covid-19/4R6I7DMBGVGJHANHDCBSJGUSPQ/?outputType=amp Low-wage workers face retaliation for COVID-19 safety demands https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/coronavirus/2020/08/16/worker-retaliation-covid-virus-safety-low-wage/113278738/ I Work for Half the Minimum Wage in a British Sweatshop https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/akzadz/i-work-for-half-the-minimum-wage-in-a-british-sweatshop Bay County commissioner accused of wage theft from immigrant workers in Netflix documentary https://amp.newsherald.com/amp/3353627001 Louisiana sugarcane workers sue Lowry Farms for wage theft, breach of contract https://thecounter.org/farmworkers-sue-arkansas-based-lowry-farms-wage-theft-breach-of-contract/amp/ Salary advance schemes: lockdown lifesavers or a trap into debt? https://amp.theguardian.com/money/2020/aug/16/salary-advance-schemes-lockdown-lifesavers-or-a-trap-into-debt Upset over not getting a salary hike, man stages robbery to take revenge from employer https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/upset-over-not-getting-a-salary-hike-man-stages-robbery-to-take-revenge-from-employer/story-OMGyK6w4mHLitj6d3sXAbM_amp.html McDuffie County woman arrested for computer theft after doubling her salary at local medical office, police say https://www.wfxg.com/story/42493481/augusta-woman-arrested-for-computer-theft-after-doubling-her-salary-at-local-medical-office-police-say Should Salaries Increase Because Everyone Is Working From Home? https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanpeart/2020/08/14/should-salaries-increase-because-everyone-is-working-from-home/amp/ Reader urges cutting salaries in Congress to fund postal service https://kdhnews.com/opinion/letters/reader-urges-cutting-salaries-in-congress-to-fund-postal-service/article_6150ea38-df3c-11ea-b98a-cb832a7bfda2.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
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WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! Please consider supporting the channel. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode Eight (08/02/20) References: GOP Stimulus Bill Criticized for Denying Hazard Pay to Essential Workers https://www.newsweek.com/gop-stimulus-bill-criticized-denying-hazard-pay-essential-workers-1521026?amp=1 It's Time for Companies to Pay Employees On-Demand https://hbr.org/sponsored/2020/07/its-time-for-companies-to-pay-employees-on-demand CPS Agreed To Pay School Police Officers' Full Salary And Pensions — Up To $150,000 Per Year https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/07/31/chicago-schools-agreed-to-pay-school-police-officers-full-salary-and-pensions-thats-now-under-review/ Mnuchin on $600 unemployment benefit: We can't be 'paying people more to stay home' https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/510172-mnuchin-on-600-unemployment-benefit-we-cant-be-paying-people-more?amp LA City Council Proposals Would Pay COVID-Positive Angelenos To Self-Quarantine https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/07/29/la-los-angeles-covid-city-council-positive-test-pay/amp/ Tennessee senator stole $600K to pay for her wedding — then cover her divorce https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/us/katrina-robinson-embezzlement-fraud.html NBA star Jrue Holiday to donate $5 million of salary to the Black business community https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-08-01/jrue-holiday-nba-salary-black-business-community Kyrie Irving commits $1.5 million to help cover the salaries of WNBA players sitting out this season https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/07/27/kyrie-irving-donates-1point5-million-to-wnba-players-sitting-out-this-season.html AFL-CIO says companies juiced CEO pay with stocks as COVID-19 hit https://thehill.com/policy/finance/509564-afl-cio-says-companies-juiced-ceo-pay-with-stocks-as-covid-19-hit?amp Caesars execs to get pay raises as thousands furloughed or laid off https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/caesars-execs-to-get-pay-raises-as-thousands-furloughed-or-laid-off-2085672/amp/ Why Texas Is In Trouble—78,064 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $12 Billion https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/07/29/why-texas-is-in-trouble-78064-public-employees-with-100000-paychecks-cost-taxpayers-12-billion/amp/ How to figure out your market value during a recession so you can negotiate the salary you deserve after landing a dream job https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/s&p_500 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! Please consider supporting the channel. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode Seven (07/27/20) References: Chinese regions strive to bail job seekers out of COVID-19 woes http://english.www.gov.cn/news/topnews/202007/23/content_WS5f18e1f3c6d029c1c2636822.html Getting back to work: Free headshots today to help job seekers land a job https://www.fox13now.com/rebound/hiring-during-coronavirus/getting-back-to-work-free-headshots-today-to-help-job-seekers-land-a-job Gov. Ned Lamont issues order easing coronavirus-related workers compensation claims for front line workers https://www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-workers-comp-20200724-ijre5z2zwff33oqcmblbbxz5se-story.html What benefits are most important to employees? That depends on their salary https://www.benefitspro.com/2020/07/21/what-benefits-are-most-important-to-employees-that-depends-on-their-salary/ Second stimulus check updates: Trump drops demand for payroll tax cut as Senate prepares to unveil $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-second-coronavirus-stimulus-check-updates-20200723-7qwftknaabcc5dwgntfryg7koe-story.html#nt=oft-Double%20Chain~Flex%20Feature~top-news-chain-2~stimulus-thu-330p~~1~yes-art~curated~curatedpage Thousands of suspected unemployment fraud cases in NC as 500,000+ are without a job https://www.cbs17.com/news/investigators/thousands-of-suspected-unemployment-fraud-cases-in-nc-as-500000-are-without-a-job/ Nevada Employers –Beware: Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Are on the Rise https://www.natlawreview.com/article/nevada-employers-beware-fraudulent-unemployment-claims-are-rise Foreign Farm Workers Already Face Abusive Conditions. Now Trump Wants to Cut Their Wages. http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/22661/trump-farm-worker-labor-h-2a-visa-wages-abusive-conditions Mykki Blanco Says 'Always Control Your Narrative' https://www.papermag.com/mykki-blanco-teyana-taylor-2646441015.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 It's Time for U.S. Business Leaders to Talk About Reparations https://hbr.org/2020/07/its-time-for-u-s-business-leaders-to-talk-about-reparations --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! Please consider supporting the channel. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode Six (07/19/20) References: Minimum wage workers cannot afford rent in any U.S. state https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/minimum-wage-workers-cannot-afford-rent-in-any-us-state.html https://reports.nlihc.org/sites/default/files/oor/OOR_BOOK_2020.pdf Helping Ultrawealthy Clients Maximize the Benefits of Employee Stock Plans https://www.barrons.com/articles/2020-top-women-financial-advisors-ranking-an-interview-with-ubs-leslie-lauer-51595025001?mod=hp_ADVISOR Chicago fast-food and other service workers to walk off the job Monday as part of ‘Strike for Black Lives' https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-strike-for-black-lives-20200717-xiukh2bzqfgzfoibo3la6h4nnu-story.html Greatest Increase Ever in U.S. Wages Is Actually Horrible News https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-17/greatest-increase-ever-in-u-s-wages-is-actually-horrible-news America's hidden economic crisis: Widespread wage cuts https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/07/19/wage-cuts-economy-crisis-368508 ESPN: Most highest-paid college coaches avoid coronavirus salary cuts https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/07/18/espn-most-highest-paid-college-coaches-avoid-coronavirus-salary-cuts/ Inside the fight for denied compensation for healthcare workers https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/inside-the-fight-for-denied-compensation-for-healthcare-workers Workers at Target-owned Shipt strike over new algorithm-based compensation that they say will lower their pay https://www.marketwatch.com/story/target-owned-shipt-workers-strike-over-new-algorithm-based-compensation-that-they-say-will-lower-their-pay-11594842478 Opinion: Wage Theft is a Criminal Act. Treat it as Such https://citylimits.org/2020/07/16/opinion-wage-theft-is-a-criminal-act-treat-it-as-such/ Ousted USC president received $7.7M payout in wake of sex-abuse, drug scandals https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/07/16/usc-president-salary-scandal-sexual-assault/5451355002/ With tips down, some restaurants have raised wages for servers. Will it last? https://www.marketplace.org/2020/07/13/with-tips-down-some-restaurants-have-raised-wages-for-servers-will-it-last/amp/ Behind America's tear gas business boom: Low-wage workers and angry neighbors https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1231729 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! Please consider supporting the channel. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode Five (07/12/20) References: Will Facebook's salary-by-location move set precedent for tech? https://www.ft.com/content/1c52a7a2-aa65-11ea-abfc-5d8dc4dd86f9 How the Economy Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/15/how-the-economy-will-look-after-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ Justices Uphold Expanded Religious Exemption to Contraceptive Mandate https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/aca-religious-exemption-contraceptive-mandate.aspx DeVos To Court: We're Still Seizing Borrowers' Wages, Violating The CARES Act https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2020/07/08/devos-to-court-were-still-seizing-borrowers-wages-violating-the-cares-act/#4598bcd89827 Lockdown heroes: will they ever get a raise? https://www.ft.com/content/6c7b59ad-be4f-46b3-8386-072f106a1960 Japanese carmakers opt to triple Mexican pay rather than move to US https://www.ft.com/content/7edbf172-9dab-4957-b8f0-2467e9d261ae Pandemic speeds largest test yet of universal basic income https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01993-3 Now is the time for employers to invest in caregiver benefits https://www.benefitnews.com/news/now-is-the-time-for-employers-to-invest-in-caregiver-benefits Detroit FCA workers call on workers at GM, Ford and other companies to set up rank-and-file safety committees https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/07/auto-j07.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! Please consider supporting the channel. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode Four (07/05/20) References: State wants to buy more sewing machines to increase mask production by inmates https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/coronavirus/state-wants-to-buy-more-sewing-machines-to-increase-mask-production-by-inmates/article_06153068-b57d-11ea-9d48-df09333a95f2.html How the American Worker Got Fleeced https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-the-fleecing-of-the-american-worker/ The Wages of Reopening https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-wages-of-reopening-11593731105 Starbucks offers mental health training for store managers https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/starbucks-offers-mental-health-training-for-store-managers/580626/ SCOTUS will not weigh in on salary history's role in setting compensation https://www.hrdive.com/news/scotus-will-not-weigh-in-on-salary-historys-role-in-setting-compensation/580995/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Salary history bans A running list of states and localities that have outlawed pay history questions https://www.hrdive.com/news/salary-history-ban-states-list/516662/#:~:text=State%2Dwide,-Effective%20date%3A%20June&text=Michigan%20has%20prohibited%20salary%20history,or%20during%20the%20interview%20process. Pay parity: What is it and how does an employer get there? https://www.hrdive.com/news/pay-parity-what-is-it-and-how-does-an-employer-get-there/580504/ The federal government extended the Paycheck Protection Program after $130 billion out of $660 billion went uncollected. Here's what new applicants need to know. https://www.businessinsider.com/paycheck-protection-program-extended-what-owners-need-to-know-2020-7 Gig Workers Are Here to Stay. It's Time to Give Them Benefits. https://hbr.org/2020/07/gig-workers-are-here-to-stay-its-time-to-give-them-benefits?ab=hero-subleft-1 For migrant farmworkers, coronavirus adds new burdens https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2020/0626/For-migrant-farmworkers-coronavirus-adds-new-burdens European Workers Draw Paychecks. American Workers Scrounge for Food. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/business/economy/europe-us-jobless-coronavirus.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! Please consider supporting the channel. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode Three (6/28/20) References: 'Extreme inequality was the preexisting condition': How COVID-19 widened America's wealth gap https://abcnews.go.com/Business/extreme-inequality-preexisting-condition-covid-19-widened-americas/story?id=71401975 California Latino, Black residents hit even harder by coronavirus as white people see less danger https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-27/california-latinos-black-people-hit-even-harder-by-coronavirus Underpaid Migrant Farmworkers Were Lured To ICE, Suit Says https://www.law360.com/articles/1286699/underpaid-migrant-farmworkers-were-lured-to-ice-suit-says Wage Theft Costs American Workers Billions Each Year. Here's How to Know if You're a Victim https://money.com/what-is-wage-theft/ Meet the CEO Who Gave Away His Salary and Bonus of $800K to Help Employees During the Pandemic https://people.com/human-interest/texas-roadhouse-ceo-kent-taylor-gave-away-salary-bonus-of-800k-help-employees-pandemic/ South Florida restaurant chain stole tips, shorted workers $314,000 in pay, Labor says https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/restaurants/article243773462.html Should Location Decide Salary? Why Decentralized Pay Scales Are The Future Of Wages https://www.forbes.com/sites/charlestowersclark/2020/06/24/should-location-decide-salary-why-decentralized-pay-scales-are-the-future-of-wages/#198f276e3403 Justification for Redwood City top salaries https://www.smdailyjournal.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/justification-for-redwood-city-top-salaries/article_010ff67e-b812-11ea-b481-571f4c3224c7.html Teachers Rally Against Layoffs, School Cuts In Taunton https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/06/26/teachers-rally-against-layoffs-school-cuts-in-taunton/ https://www.tauntongazette.com/news/20190429/tmlp-and-taunton-police-top-list-of-citys-100-highest-earners Start of July Brings Increase to Illinois Minimum Wage https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/start-of-july-brings-increase-to-illinois-minimum-wage/2296710/ https://nbc16.com/news/local/earn-the-minimum-wage-in-oregon-you-get-a-raise-wednesday When Bosses Shared Their Profits https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/opinion/corporate-profit-sharing-inequality.html Employers brace for a ‘PTO bomb' as vacation-starved employees make time off requests https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-paid-time-off-vacation-20200626-orogutq67zcp3g7gkkyftjgbeu-story.html Summer books of 2020: Economics https://www.ft.com/content/74448b70-b144-11ea-a4b6-31f1eedf762e --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! Please consider supporting the channel. https://www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode Two (6/21/20) References: NU system faces $43 million shortfall; cuts planned at all major campuses https://www.omaha.com/news/education/nu-system-faces-43-million-shortfall-cuts-planned-at-all-major-campuses/article_61e05829-09d4-5b7e-a8d3-c08fc692697e.html#1 150 cannery workers are in forced quarantine at L.A. hotel without pay, suit claims https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-20/seasonal-workers-forced-into-unpaid-coronavirus-quarantine-at-hotel-near-lax-lawsuit-claims Protest on bridge, ‘Baby Trump' balloon mark Juneteenth event https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200620/protest-on-bridge-rsquobaby-trumprsquo-balloon-mark-juneteenth-event Digi-Key contractor ordered to pay construction workers $315,000 in back wages https://www.startribune.com/digi-key-contractor-ordered-to-pay-construction-workers-315-000-in-back-wages/571370212/ Feds: Metro Detroit company owes $1.5M to drivers it wrongly called independent contractors https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2020/06/17/feds-procorp-lawsuit-overtime-pay-drivers/3202566001/ Utah liquor stores have an 86% employee turnover rate — and the low pay is hurting business https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/06/17/utah-liquor-stores-have/ Target Is Raising Wages. Here's What It Means for Other Retailers. https://www.barrons.com/articles/target-is-raising-wages-heres-what-it-means-for-other-retailers-51592499667 Elon Musk, Tesla Board Sued by Pension Fund for ‘Unrelenting Avarice' https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-18/musk-tesla-board-sued-by-pension-fund-for-unrelenting-avarice Fed's First Black President Calls on Policymakers to Step Up https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-18/fed-s-first-black-president-calls-on-policymakers-to-step-up Money-losing Mitsubishi says executives will take pay cuts https://www.tulsaworld.com/ap/business/money-losing-mitsubishi-says-executives-will-take-pay-cuts/article_969efb6b-795d-5a27-8921-006d2081b7fb.html The rich cut their spending. That has hurt all the workers who count on it. https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers-finance/sns-nyt-rich-cut-spending-hurt-workers-20200618-squjnk23wbfnriu7a3enwwkqaq-story.html#nt=msftsearch As Pandemic Slows Business, Workers Fret: Is My Job Relevant? https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-pandemic-slows-business-workers-fret-is-my-job-relevant-11592737200?mod=hp_lead_pos13 The N.Y.P.D. Spends $6 Billion a Year. Proposals to Defund It Want to Cut $1 Billion. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/20/nyregion/defund-police-nypd-budget.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support
WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! Please consider supporting the channel. https://www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Episode One (6/14/20) References: Mylan NV Says CEO's 2019 Total Compensation Was $18.5 Mln Vs $13.3 Mln In 2018 – SEC Filing https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-mylan-nv-says-ceos-2019-total-comp/brief-mylan-nv-says-ceos-2019-total-compensation-was-185-mln-vs-133-mln-in-2018-sec-filing-idUSFWN2DL0XK https://simplywall.st/news/should-you-worry-about-mylan-inc-s-nasdaqmyl-ceo-pay/ Wisconsin nursing home staff face low wages, demanding work. How do you get them to stay? https://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/2020/06/08/wisconsin-nursing-home-staff-face-low-wages-workforce-shortage-grows/5243197002/ They serve the vulnerable, but many low-wage home care workers overlooked in pandemic, Baltimore area advocates say https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-home-health-aides-pandemic-20200608-mdksudv3qjg6hptnhpbtdjrwqu-story.html Examining Options to Boost Essential Worker Wages during the Pandemic https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/06/04/examining-options-to-boost-essential-worker-wages-during-the-pandemic/ How Virginia’s New Non-Compete And Wage Laws Help Employees https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2020/06/08/how-virginias-new-non-compete-and-wage-laws-help-employees/#25c390b27634 Is Your Company Actually Fighting Racism, or Just Talking About It_ https://hbr.org/2020/06/is-your-company-actually-fighting-racism-or-just-talking-about-it Organizations Cannot Afford to Stay Silent on Racial Injustice https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/organizations-cannot-afford-to-stay-silent-on-racial-injustice/ CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978 https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-compensation-2018/ Frozen pay hikes for state workers spark anger and confusion https://delawarestatenews.net/news/frozen-pay-hikes-for-state-workers-spark-anger-and-confusion/ MoDOT announces employee pay, hour cuts https://www.ky3.com/content/news/MoDOT-announces-employee-pay-hour-cuts-571224761.html Safeway-Albertsons’ stores cutting ‘Appreciation Pay’ for grocery store employees