Articles for Wage Worker

Bengaluru: Bihar man caught sexually abusing stray dog in Jayanagar, arrested
1 week, 3 days ago

Bengaluru: Bihar man caught sexually abusing stray dog in Jayanagar, arrested

Hindustan Times  

A 23-year-old daily wage worker was caught sexually abusing a stray dog at Shalini Ground in Bengaluru’s Jayanagar early Friday morning. The accused, a daily wage worker from Bihar, allegedly mutilated the dog’s private parts and attempted to engage in unnatural sexual acts, leaving the animal in severe pain. In January, a 35-year-old content creator from Bengaluru’s JP Nagar was …

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Malaiyaha Tamils of Sri Lanka: Shackled to a legacy of tea, toil for 200 years
3 months, 1 week ago

Malaiyaha Tamils of Sri Lanka: Shackled to a legacy of tea, toil for 200 years

New Indian Express  

NUWARA ELIYA: Sixty-three-year-old Natesan Jayaraman, in his 44 years of working in a tea plantation, has learnt that avoiding unnecessary conversations is a useful strategy that kept him away from trouble with his kanganis and dorais. Jayaraman, a Malaiyaha Tamil whose ancestors were brought from India to work in tea estates, started working in a plantation when he was 18 …

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Student visa rules tightened, skilled worker wage threshold lifted as government begins immigration rewrite
1 year, 11 months ago

Student visa rules tightened, skilled worker wage threshold lifted as government begins immigration rewrite

ABC  

The federal government will rewrite Australia's immigration system, with almost every visa category up for change, and a promise to tighten rules for international students. "I'm not someone who advocates for a big Australia in this conversation," Ms O'Neil told the National Press Club. Ms O'Neil told the National Press Club that administrative problems were "central" to Australia's immigration woes. …

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Worker shortages and wage rises to guide Hays to profit
2 years, 7 months ago

Worker shortages and wage rises to guide Hays to profit

The Independent  

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Minimum wage workers can’t afford rent anywhere in America
3 years, 8 months ago

Minimum wage workers can’t afford rent anywhere in America

CNN  

Housing has become so expensive in the United States that the typical minimum wage worker cannot afford rent, according to a new report. There is no state, county or city in the country where a full-time, minimum-wage worker working 40 hours a week can afford a two-bedroom rental, a report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition showed. A housing …

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7-Eleven: More workers speak out about 'cash back' scams
8 years, 3 months ago

7-Eleven: More workers speak out about 'cash back' scams

ABC  

More 7-Eleven workers have spoken out about the so-called "cash back" scam, in which employees are forced to hand back part of their pay to franchisees of the convenience chain. Key points: Workers say they are being forced to pay back part of their wage to franchisees They say they were threatened with loss of jobs if pay was not …

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Who wins with a $15 minimum wage?
8 years, 11 months ago

Who wins with a $15 minimum wage?

LA Times  

Jerry Brown hugs Burger King worker Holly Diaz, 38, of Sacramento. The people who stand to benefit most from minimum wage hikes across California are low-income adults, most of them household breadwinners, according to an analysis by UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education. About 800,000 workers were already promised raises to $15 in several cities that passed their …

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GOP's quiet election scandal: What Tuesday's results really mean for workers
10 years, 10 months ago

GOP's quiet election scandal: What Tuesday's results really mean for workers

Salon  

It's the morning after a primary Election Day, the smoke has cleared and the pundits have spoken. Republican lawmakers are getting around this by allowing restaurant owners to force their employees to pool their tips, thereby turning the busboys and dishwashers into tipped workers and allowing owners to pay them below the the minimum wage as well. From attempts to …

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Wall collapse kills contractor
11 years, 8 months ago

Wall collapse kills contractor

The Hindu  

Rain on Friday claimed two lives in the city — one of a 55-year-old daily wage worker who was ironically working on unclogging a storm water drain chamber in the evening, and the other a 40-year-old garment worker who fell into a storm water drain early on Friday morning. Venkataswamy, a daily wage labourer who worked for a private BWSSB …

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