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COVID-19 is still spreading in many communities. Test results can be slow. And quarantines are often unpaid. This leaves workers with tough decisions about what to disclose and when to stay home.

The starting teacher salary in Miami-Dade County Public Schools would jump to $47,500 for the 2020-21 school year, and eligible teachers would get a 2.5…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer negotiated late into the night with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and spoke hopefully of a deal coming together on Tuesday.

Florida teachers have won some battles on the pay front in recent years — but for them, it’s too little, too late.Their discontent will be on display…

The increases appear to have the largest effect when unemployment is high, according to new research..

The protest signs read “Could you live on $8.46 cents?”About 24 janitors, mostly women, marched and held up brooms in front of  Miami’s tallest office…

The federal labor law board said McDonald's should not be held liable for labor practices of its franchisees. The ruling directed a judge to approve a settlement in a years-long union case.

COMMENTARYWhen I read this week that President Trump and House Democrats had agreed on a new and improved North American Free Trade Agreement – now called…

U.S. employers added 128,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate inched up to 3.6%. The drop in job creation reflects a slowing economy, but a strike at General Motors was also a factor.

When the United Nations deployed 6,200 blue-helmet soldiers and 1,200 police officers in 2004 to restore order in an unruly Haiti, ruthless armed gangs…

Last updated on 10/7/19 at 3:00pmIn a letter delivered to management on Wednesday, the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and Miami.com newsrooms have jointly…

Unauthorized immigrants often do manual, low-paying jobs, and employers say they have no choice but to hire them. But the White House and advocates for lower immigration say the law is the law.