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A former eBay executive was sentenced on Thursday to almost five years in prison for leading a scheme to terrorize the creators of an online newsletter that included sending live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath and other disturbing deliveries to their home.

The U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Sinclair Broadcast Group after a Maryland employee reported disability discrimination.

When a business loses its food permit, you may assume it’s because of a health code violation. But in a growing number of California counties, it could be in response to wage theft.

Friday is the last day for teachers laid off during recent school closures.

As Americans try to cope with the highest inflation in 40 years, employers around the U.S. plan to offer their workers next year an annual raise of 3% to 4%, a new survey shows.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a nation-leading measure giving more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, despite the objections of restaurant owners who warned it would drive up consumers’ costs.

Labor Day is a federal holiday to mark the achievements of the American worker — but not all workers are treated equally across the states.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she’s ordering a study on how COVID affected women in the workplace.

When former Amazon worker Chris Small recounted his experience leading the first successful union campaign at the online retailer earlier this year, the government’s top labor lawyer was listening — and dismayed by what she heard. 

Amazon workers are walking off the job in frustration and agitating for union representation, with campaigns ongoing in three of the retail giant’s locations. Now, TikTokers are joining the labor fight.

PetSmart touts its program training people how to groom animals as free, but enrollees contend it mostly involves on-the-job training and leads to thousands of dollars of debt if they don’t stick out the program for two years, according to a class-action lawsuit.

With the stroke of Governor Baker’s pen, The CROWN Act is now the law, and it is now illegal for anyone in Massachusetts to discriminate based on hair texture or style.

Workers at a Trader Joe’s in Hadley, Massachusetts, are scheduled to vote this week on whether to form the first union at the nationwide grocery chain.

Yelp is closing three of its U.S. offices after finding most of its employees prefer to work remotely.

Technology giant Google says workers who live in parts of the country where abortion is no longer legal after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade may relocate to states where their rights are protected, no questions asked, according to reports.