AMERICAS

[US] Restaurants take advantage of ‘tipped wage’ rule to underpay staff [US] Restaurants take advantage of ‘tipped wage’ rule to underpay staff

However, for some employers, being allowed to pay an employee $2.83 an hour is not enough of a saving, so...
15 Sep 2021

[US] Biden administration will give $482m to aircraft companies [US] Biden administration will give $482m to aircraft companies

More than 100,000 aerospace jobs have been lost in an industry that had employed about 2.2 million people, the Transportation...
14 Sep 2021

[US] Former payroll manager charged with federal tax offence [US] Former payroll manager charged with federal tax offence

Between approximately 2012 and 2016, Mr Frederick assisted Ms Foreman by processing payroll that caused cheques to be issued to...
08 Sep 2021

[US] Only 235,000 jobs added in August as Delta variant took hold [US] Only 235,000 jobs added in August as Delta variant took hold

The unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage points to 5.2 per cent from 5.4 per cent in July and has...
07 Sep 2021

[US] $13m funding for Zeal’s ‘build your own’ payroll product infrastructure [US] $13m funding for Zeal’s ‘build your own’ payroll product infrastructure

To ensure other companies didn’t run into the same problem, they decided to build a payroll API enabling their customers...
07 Sep 2021

[US] First two labour law complaints filed by AppleToo workers [US] First two labour law complaints filed by AppleToo workers

The National Labor Relations Board has not commented on the labour law complaints, however, the employees who filed the complaints have...
06 Sep 2021

[Canada] Economic resurgence as job vacancies hit 800k [Canada] Economic resurgence as job vacancies hit 800k

Based solely on the number of jobs available, the single greatest need for workers in Canada in June was in the food...
06 Sep 2021