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Two in five people say they aren’t paid enough to make ends meet

Workplace Insight

To address this, 49 percent say that bringing costs down should be a top priority for the next government, while 39 percent say the elected party should bring wages in line with the cost of living. Those in the North East have seen the highest pay hikes with a mean salary increase of 4.9 to be considered well-off.

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Why more middle class Americans are defining themselves as working class

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families who are unable to afford the basics of housing, child care, food, transportation, health care and technology. “In cities like San Francisco, it’s very difficult with a middle-class salary to pay for food plus housing, plus child care, much less have anything left over,” she says. Car insurance is up 20.6%

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People are worried about the impact of new tech, but many feel confident it will benefit them

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This rises to 41 percent for deskless transport/storage workers, while almost one in three (31 percent) deskless workers feel concerned by the loss of control in their roles to automation and AI.

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can I tell my friend the interview questions in advance, finding out if an employer drug tests, and more

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I was surprised since I’m in a marijuana legal state, and there had been no mention of drug testing (I’m an administrative assistant, not for a government agency). If they’re a government contractor and you’re going to need a security clearance, assume they do. My salary increase is a decrease after overtime is included.

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do I have to share my extra shifts, playing a video of my boss while I work, and more

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I will have the same manager, same coworkers, slightly more responsibility, and more importantly, a higher salary. You may also like: my husband's boss is overworking him, and my husband won't push back my coworker keeps leaving his desk to do schoolwork during our shared shift should I disclose my transportation issues when I'm interviewing?

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Buyer beware: Read this before you buy that frozen shrimp

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”Pradeep Sivaraman, secretary of India’s Marine Products Export Development Authority, a government agency, traveled to the U.S. ”Baby and other workers said they pay recruiters about 25 cents a day out of their salaries just to set foot inside the processing shed. governments need to enforce existing laws.“The

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my boss and her daughter want to move in with me, problem employee lashed out at me, and more

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You can just say, “When I take public transportation or Uber to meetings at other sites, I’ve been covering that myself — but it occurred to me to ask if I should be expensing it.” This is also an industry where the starting salary is $8-15k less than the new overtime law requires in order to meet exempt status. Is this legal?