Starbucks Employees Can’t Get Tips via Credit Card
What consumers might know, and what Starbucks employees certainly know, is Starbucks store workers cannot be tipped when a transaction is paid via credit card.
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ThinkstockRankings of colleges and universities have become an important resource for prospective students and their parents, offering a convenient way to make some basic comparisons of post-secondary institutions. The rankings are usually based on…
MIT Is Top University in the World
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been rated as the top university in the world by the QS University World University Ranking 2014/2015.
Are Detroit Companies Ready to Out-Hire Companies in Houston, NYC and Miami?
The news flow out of Detroit was grim for longer than most major cities during the economic recovery, but a fresh report may indicate that things are on the rise.
Minimum Wage Battle Not Over in San Diego
ThinkstockWith a population of around 1.34 million, San Diego is the largest city in the United States to have passed an ordinance to raise the minimum wage beyond the federally mandated level of $7.25…
States With Unemployment Under 5%
ThinkstockThe national jobless rate continues to hover above 6% and, based on several government forecasts, will not drop below the 5% that marks a complete economic recovery for several years. However, there are 14…
Job Openings Highest in Over a Decade
ThinkstockThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is out with its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for the month of June. This JOLTS report compares hirings, firings and employees quitting their jobs and…
Employment Cost Index Finally Brings Wage Inflation
ThinkstockThe markets have been digesting much employment data ahead of Friday’s unemployment report, but now the market will have to deal with some wage inflation. A Labor Department report on Thursday morning showed an…
Weekly Jobless Claims Rise in Latest Week
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its report on weekly jobless claims, and the major score from the prior week was not followed. Weekly jobless claims rose by 23,000…
Five States With Unemployment Over 7%
ThinkstockIf any proof of the unevenness of the economic recovery still has to be made, it is the wild disparity of unemployment from state to state. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…
Apple’s Reminder of Low Female Board Membership
The appointment of Susan L. Wagner, a senior executive of investment firm BlackRock, to Apple's board of directors is a reminder of how few woman sit on corporate boards.
JOLTS Report: Hiring and Quits Support Stronger Jobs Market
ThinkstockAs of the last day in May, there were roughly 4.6 million job openings in America, up from 4.5 million on the last business day of April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics…
Does Facebook’s White Workforce Hurt Its Image?
The face of Facebook is white and male, by its own admission. The numbers are similar to those recently released by other high-tech companies, including Google.
Conference Board Confirms Stronger Job Trends for May
ThinkstockThe Conference Board has released its Employment Trends Index (ETI) for the month of May, and it confirms what TrimTabs and the Labor Department showed for May last week. That is strength that was…
Could Amazon German Strikes Spread to U.S.?
The strikes by Amazon.com warehouse workers in Germany are no longer just a pesky problem. The Verdi labor union wants to move to collective bargaining to improve the lot of almost 10,000 warehouse workers.