Walmart’s beauty push gets personal with in-store consultationsWalmart is bringing trained beauty experts to its stores. These specialists will offer personalized makeup and skincare advice. This initia...
30 Apr, 2026, 10.07 AM IST
Walmart pharmacy pay increase boosts wages up to $42 an hour, even without a college degreeWalmart is significantly increasing pay for thousands of pharmacy roles across its US stores. New pharmacy operations team leads will see w...
06 Feb, 2026, 08.13 AM IST
Is it legal to be forced to stay after clocking out? Employee alleges wage theft at job - what do labor laws say?An employee ignited discussions online after claiming their manager asked them to clock out while still performing duties, sometimes remain...
28 Jan, 2026, 12.12 AM IST
Will Trump support the GOP's plan to double the federal minimum wage?Donald Trump is unsure about backing a Republican plan. The plan aims to increase the federal minimum wage. Senator Josh Hawley proposed ra...
19 Jun, 2025, 09.33 AM IST
NYC minimum wage for delivery drivers upheld by appeals courtThe Manhattan-based Appellate Division, First Department on Thursday denied appeals by Uber, DoorDash Inc and Grubhub Inc after a state jud...
02 Dec, 2023, 02.43 PM IST
US DOL says Cigniti violated H-1B guidelinesIn a statement, the DoL said Cigniti Technologies in Irving hired a system analyst under the H-1B visa programme, then failed to use and pa...
09 Dec, 2021, 08.41 PM IST
Walmart to hire 20,000 supply chain workers ahead of holiday seasonThe world's biggest retailer also hired around 20,000 seasonal workers last year in its e-commerce fulfillment centers to meet the holiday ...
01 Sep, 2021, 04.31 PM IST
BMS urges labour ministry to scrap 12 hour work, not cap allowances at 50%In the consultation meeting held by the ministry of labour on labour code rules, BMS demanded scraping of spread over to 12 hours as the ma...
24 Dec, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
US company asked to pay $58k in back wages for H1B violationsThe employer also "benched" that worker, a term used to describe when an employer fails to pay an H-1B employee in conditions such as when ...
18 Jul, 2019, 02.09 PM IST
US company to pay USD 1.1 mn in back wages to H1B employees including IndiansIn all, 594 H-1B employees will receive their back wages.
05 Jun, 2019, 10.06 AM IST
$300,000 penalty imposed on US firm for paying low wages to H-1B employeesAs a result, People Tech Group Inc has been asked to pay its 12 employees USD 309,914 and has been slapped with a penalty of USD 45,564, it...
14 Sep, 2018, 01.22 PM IST
Infosys faces lawsuit in US for ‘not paying overtime’Infosys has had run-ins with overtime matters before. In 2008, it had to pay $26 million to settle disputes.
10 Sep, 2018, 11.30 AM IST
Indian-American owned IT company Cloudwick Technologies fined for H1-B visa violationsBased out of Newark in California - in the famed Silicon Valley - Indian-American Mani Chhabra is the founder and CEO of the Cloudwick Tech...
02 May, 2018, 01.40 PM IST
Indian-American owned companies Scopus Consulting Group, Orian Engineers fined for misuse of H1B visaFederal Administrative Law Judge Stephen R Henley ordered the two businesses owned by Kishore Kumar to pay 21 workers $84,000 in back wages...
10 Nov, 2015, 08.21 AM IST
- Cognizant to pay back-wages to 67
Software services provider Cognizant said it has agreed to pay $509,000 as back-wages to 67 employees who went on H-1B visa to the US, afte...
03 Apr, 2009, 01.35 AM IST
- Cognizant agrees to pay back-wages to H-1B visa employees in US
Cognizant has agreed to pay $509,000 as back-wages to employees who went on H-1B visa to the US. Indian tech firms with maximum H1Bs | Layo...
02 Apr, 2009, 01.00 PM IST
- Unpaid wage complaints on the rise for immigrants in US
An investigation has found that the labor department's wage and hour division is doing a poor job of helping the most vulnerable workers in...
26 Mar, 2009, 03.17 AM IST