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How the Labor Department recovers stolen wages, and how much workers get
Federal wage-theft enforcement hit a five-year high in 2025, but the recovery process, and its limits, are less understood than the headline number.
Colin Reyes
Business News
Business developments reported with the workforce in view: procurement audits, wage claims, union recognition, settlements and regulatory penalties. The feed favors companies whose decisions reach large numbers of workers or contractors. Useful for compliance staff, organizers and investors tracking labor and human rights exposure.
Daily business coverage viewed through obligation: supply chain audits, employment disputes, settlements and the conditions behind a company result.
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Community benefit agreements: when developers negotiate with neighborhoods
CBAs trade community support for enforceable commitments — local hiring, affordable housing, anti-displacement funds — and the enforceability question is their whole story.
Colin Reyes
Business News
Ban-the-box laws: what employers can ask, and when
Most states and many cities now delay criminal-history questions until after a conditional offer — and the fair-chance rules that replaced the checkbox come with process requirements.
Colin Reyes
Business News
When a company goes bankrupt, what happens to its workers' money
Unpaid wages, pensions, and discrimination claims survive into bankruptcy — but the priority ladder and the retirees' committee rules decide how many cents arrive.
Colin Reyes
Business News
AI hiring tools now face the discrimination laws written for humans
New York City audits, Colorado's broader regime, and the EEOC's disparate-impact position define the emerging compliance map for algorithmic hiring.
Colin Reyes