Building a Business When Should I Hire My Next Employee? This decision can have a huge impact on your bottom line, so apply a critical process like this one to get it right. By Sam Harrop
Building a Business Wal-Mart Wage Hike to $15 an Hour Would Cost it $4.95 Billion, Study Says By Reuters
Business News Wal-Mart Says Tech Investments, Such as Warehouse Drones, Will Boost Online Sales By Reuters
Business News What Job Field Saw the Biggest Wage Growth? A new report also highlights the biggest loser. By Lindsay Friedman
Building a Business Warehouse Workers Accuse Target of Not Paying Overtime, File Lawsuit The lawsuit seeks class action status for misclassifying a position as exempt from overtime. By Reuters
Business News California’s Minimum Wage Hike Puts Business Community at Risk With a $15-an-hour wage, lawmakers in the Golden State tell business owners, 'Go east, young man.' By Ray Hennessey
Business News California Unions, Lawmakers Agree to $15 Minimum Wage If the deal passes the legislature, the wage hike would take effect in 2022. By Reuters
Buying a Franchise The Minimum Wage Battle Is Here to Stay The fight will continue to drag on, state by state and city by city, over the next few years. By Jason Daley
Building a Business What Your Salary Says About You A look at some of the commonly believed myths about compensation. By Stacy Rapacon
Business Accounting Don’t Go the Way of Gravity Payments. Focus on Fairness, Balance in Salary Management. Have an objective compensation system that lets employees focus on intrinsic rewards. By Joel Trammell
Building a Business Danny Meyer’s Economically Nonsensical Solution to the Tipping ‘Problem’ In eliminating tipping at his restaurants, Danny Meyer just may have proven how necessary gratuities are. By Ray Hennessey
Thought Leaders 3 Ways to Address the Salary Chasm Between CEOs and Employees Business leaders earning hundreds of times more than their employees are under increasing pressure to narrow the pay gap. By Heather R. Huhman
Building a Business 5 Actions to Take Right Now to Survive a Minimum Wage Increase Whether you agree with it or not, these increases are coming. Stop complaining and start preparing. By Gene Marks
Business News Los Angeles Becomes Latest U.S. City to Approve a $15 Minimum Wage The city council backed a plan to increase the minimum wage, by 2020. By Jason Fell
Building a Business Why Paying a Living Wage Is Smart Business Low wages and skimpy benefits are no bargain if good employees can't afford to keep working for you. By Hari Ravichandran
Building a Business Are Small-Business Owners Immoral If They Pay Low Wages? The biggest fallacy in the discussion of living wage is looking at the issue from a moral point of view. By Scott Shane
Building a Business U.S. Economy Picking Up Steam After Weak First Quarter Data suggest the economic outlook has brightened thanks to a low in jobless claims, a rise in consumer spending and a solid increase in wages. By Reuters
Building a Business Should You Raise Your Employees’ Pay? There is a benefit to paying efficiency wages. But make sure the cost is right for your business. By Scott Shane
Building a Business McDonald’s Wage Plan Renews Debate on Independence of Franchisees The pay increase at its company-operated U.S. restaurants threatens to complicate an ongoing labor dispute that turns on whether McDonald's can be held responsible for the labor violations of its franchisees. By Reuters
Building a Business The McDonald’s Fight That Could Change Franchising An ongoing fight between McDonald's and labor unions has entered a key phase this week. By Kate Rogers
Building a Business Chipotle Employees Claim the Chain Isn’t as Worker-Friendly as You Think Employees at the burrito chain are suing for wage theft in two states. By Kate Taylor
Building a Business NYC Papa John’s Pizza Franchisee Sued for $2 Million This is what happens when you allegedly underpay 400 delivery workers and shave hours from their paychecks. By Reuters
Human Resources Stop Pressuring Companies to Raise Wages Despite the rhetoric, companies are making workers' lives better and continue to help our economic growth. By Ray Hennessey