Material Handling & Logistics News A major expansion in the number of people working in the United States who employers are legally obligated to pay overtime wages will expand greatly under a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) announced by the Department of Labor (DOL).
The Technology & Manufacturing Association’s Human Resource provider, SESCO, offered a short, concise update of a decision made last week by the National Labor Relations Board which affects company/union relations.
The Illinois Supreme Court just decided that doing so, without strict compliance with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), could be a multi-billion dollar mistake
US*MADE Joint Trades Letter Addresses Questions from Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee Hearing on USPTO Oversight
(The Center Square) – Legislation significantly increasing regulations on Illinois businesses who use temporary workers, including mandating pay rates, is now law. Business groups say the law will have negative consequences.
On August 4, 2023, Governor Pritzker signed into law extensive amendments to The Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (Act). They were immediately effective, but the Illinois Department of Labor (Department) has not yet promulgated any guidance or instructions.
No matter how you look at it, China stocks are a money loser for investors these days. How bad is it? Below are some charts showing the performance of Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and U.S. listed shares of Chinese companies compared to U.S. rivals, and benchmark indexes like the S&P 500.
Producing is the way America’s forefathers saw as the most efficient way to produce a healthy national economy, and unless America moves back into producing more than it takes in from other countries, the US economy will continue to struggle.
At the beginning of 2023, Illinois increased the state minimum wage to $13.00 per hour. The City of Chicago’s minimum wage already exceeded the state minimum wage, and on July 1, 2023, the City further increased its minimum wage.
SCHAUMBURG – State lawmakers are urging TMA members to invite them to tour their businesses, and TMA members are obliging.
“Invite your state lawmakers to visit your companies,” said State Rep. Dan Ugaste of Geneva, IL, during TMA’s Legislator Connect virtual briefing in mid-March.