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.

Drivers who transport women in need of an abortion to a clinic could face civil lawsuits under the new Texas law.

Employers added only 235,000 payrolls last month, far fewer than the 720,000

Many owners of flooded cars could find that, despite carrying insurance, they are out of luck when it comes to recouping their losses.