Lael Brainard, the vice chair of the Federal Reserve, emphasized that non-wage causes have driven inflation in a sweeping speech.
Category: Wages and Salaries
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How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low
The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against minimum wage increases.
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Price Gains Ease in Europe but Core Inflation Keeps Policymakers ‘Up at Night’
Declines in overall inflation rates may bring comfort to consumers, but central bankers are still wary of drivers of persistently high prices.
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How to Ask for a Raise, Without Alienating Your Boss Along the Way
Tips from psychologists, managers and people who have successfully asked what can feel like a very difficult question.
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Who Benefits When Salary Info Is Public?
It’s good for pay equity, and it can be good for managers, but it’s not so good for superstars.
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27 People on the Streets of New York Talk About How Much Money They Make
We asked nearly 400 people to tell us how much they earn. Here are two dozen who actually spoke to us.
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Why Is It So Hard to Talk About Money, Especially at Work?
The merits of talking candidly about salary are widely acknowledged. Actually doing it is more complicated.
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As Asian Societies Age, ‘Retirement’ Just Means More Work
Across East Asia, populations are graying faster than anywhere else in the world, and while younger generations shrink, older workers are often toiling well into their 70s and beyond.
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US Employers Added 223,000 jobs in December
The Federal Reserve’s moves to cool the economy with higher interest rates seem to be taking gentle hold. Wage growth lost momentum.
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U.S. employers added 223,000 jobs in December.
Forecasters estimate that employers added 200,000 jobs in December, a robust number though a bit below the average in recent months.
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Even a Soft Landing for the Economy May Be Uneven
Small businesses and lower-income families could feel pinched in the months ahead whether or not a recession is avoided this year.
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U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts
A sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission would block companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for a rival.