Supply chain disruptions have made the cost of building materials about 30 percent higher than they were prior to the pandemic.

The minimum wage consumers said they needed before they would even consider accepting a job offer is now $68,954.

The move drew widespread criticism online, with many lamenting the lack of protection for women in such cases.

Wage theft affects vulnerable workers, those desperate for pay and willing to take temporary jobs, the undocumented and those paid by subcontractors in cash.

An estimated 7.5 million people will be affected.

Next Digital Ltd., publisher of the now-defunct pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, said the government had left it no choice but to file for liquidation.

With the closing of an old loophole, the U.S. is blocking the import of millions of dollars worth of clothing and other goods made with “slave” labor.

Marshall Glickman, owner of an online book seller in Vermont, is experiencing that bull market rarity — a mutual fund collapse. What happened?

“This is an opportunity to portray itself as a forward-thinking government that cares about its citizens,” Austin Strange of University of Hong Kong said.

Lyft and Uber have already said they will cover legal fees for drivers sued under Texas’ new restrictive abortion law, and Match and Bumble each started a fund.