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California Voters to Decide on Regulating Fast-Food Industry

Pre-empting a law signed last year, business groups forced a ballot initiative on state oversight of wages and working conditions.

By Kurtis Lee

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Walmart Raises Starting Wages for Store Workers

The retail giant said the minimum wages for those employees would range from $14 to $19 an hour, up from $12 to $18 an hour.

By Michael Corkery

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Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds

An analysis of workers’ compensation claims in New York found that 71 percent of claimants with long Covid needed continuing medical treatment or were unable to work for six months or more.

By Pam Belluck

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For British Farmers, the Effects of Brexit Have Become Clearer

In the years since Britain voted to quit the E.U., many Eastern Europeans have left the country, adding to a shortfall of about 330,000 workers. The food and farming sectors have been hit particularly hard.

By Stephen Castle