More than 1,000 workers in Jamaica are rejecting a proposal from a Russian-owned bauxite and alumina producer to delay a salary increase.
Cuba is making progress in a salary reform that will ensure waiters don't make more than doctors, but the changes must be handled carefully to avoid economic turmoil, the island's foreign minister said Tuesday.
Democrats and Republicans queasy about a federal rescue of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are coalescing around the idea of letting the government slap limits on the multimillion-dollar pay packages of their executives.
David Beckham still earns 50 times Major League Soccer's average salary, even with it rising 12 percent this year to $129,395.
Alex Rodriguez makes more this year than his hometown Florida Marlins. Boosted by his new deal with the New York Yankees, A-Rod tops the major league baseball salary list at $28 million, according to a study of contract terms by The Associated Press. The 33 players on the Marlins' opening-day roster and disabled list total $21.8 million.
Fortunately for members of Congress, their pay isn't tied to their approval ratings. Lawmakers in 2008 will receive salaries of $169,300, a boost of $4,100 over the pay they have lived with since January 2006.
General Motors Corp., which says a return to profitability will require sacrifices from all involved, announced plans on Tuesday to rein in white-collar pension and health care expenses, slash the dividend and trim executive salaries — moves some analysts say suggest it might seek benefit cuts from union workers.
As the global economy continues to falter, job prospects for 2009 are expected to slow. But if you're lucky enough to be in one of these top fields, your job future is still quite bright.
AJC.com is reporting that the Fayette County Georgia school system is asking public school teachers to give back their raises in order to save $4,000,000. They say that this measure is needed to keep the school system afloat.
A whole new era is evolving in corporate America and the future is not looking bright!
Bizjournals focused on 24 occupations that offer high wages to sizable pools of employees. Each job fits into the top 10 percent of the national pay scale, as well as the upper half in terms of total employment.
An NHS nurse has earned £100,000 in a year and it made the front page of yesterday's Sunday Times with the implicit message that it's bizarre and wrong for nurses to be paid a lot of money.
Excerpt: This day and age of our failing economy, shifts in viewing habits of the daytime audience, and advertisers pulling dollars from the revenue stream pie, can only mean financial cuts for the soaps. Sounds like Days is caught in the quagmire.
Barack Obama ended his campaign so flush with cash he's telling staffers to keep the change - and then some.
A recent study has found a new way to examine pay disparities between men and women: comparing the salaries of transgender employees before and after their gender changes.
There's so much talk these days about Senator Obama's plans to make America a Socialist country because of his proposals on tax code revisions. Sean Hannity thinks he's discovered America and has used the word "radical" at least 250 times today on his radio show.
CONTEXT:I do believe that for folks like me who've worked hard but frankly also been lucky, I don't mind paying just a little bit more than the waitress who I just met over there. . . . She can barely make the rent. . . .
They call it Goldmine Sachs. And well they might. Because the Wall Street giant has become the first major investment bank to see its average salary top half a million dollars.
Research done by sports economist David Berri shows a correlation between an athlete's attractiveness and their salaries. Which probably explains why Willie McGee never received the big money contract he deserved.
Web users can browse salary sites to find general salaries for various positions. A new entrant, Glassdoor.com, allows anyone to find and anonymously share salary details about his or her job at a specific firm and location.
Could science salaries be finally catching up? The Scientist, magazine of the life sciences, published today the results of its 5th Life Science Salary Survey, the most current source - and sometimes controversial - for salaries in the life sciences.
As NFL training camps begin to open in preparation of the upcoming season, another round of players who feel disrespected and underpaid prepare to sit out or constantly remind the media of their current situation.
To hear many students tell it, law school is a guaranteed ticket to a well-paying career. So a recent milestone must have sounded like good news.
ARIELLE GREEN, a publicist in Manhattan, knows what most of her friends earn, whether it is $28,000 a year or $100,000. And she does not seem particularly shy about disclosing her income ($30,000 a year, plus overtime).
Much has been made of people who live beyond their means. When you see a neighbor bring home a fancy new car, you can't help but wonder how she can afford it on her salary. However, you can't assume you know how much she (or anybody) makes unless you've seen her tax returns.
Top executives at the Treasure Coast's two not-for-profit hospitals and their affiliated clinics drew salaries that topped $4.3 million during fiscal year 2006, according to federal tax documents.
Shortly after winning a majority last year, Democrats triumphantly declared that they would put Congress back to work, promising an "end to the two-day workweek." And indeed, the House has clocked more time in Washington this year than in any other session since 1995, when Re …
TolMol.com (http://www.tolmol.com), the leading comparison shopping site for India introduced job comparison service - TolMol Careers (http://careers.tolmol.com). The service allows job seekers to find jobs from multiple sources at one place and compare them side by side.
Anyone claiming that racism is no longer alive and well in the United States, in addition to considering the race-driven circumstances surrounding the Jena 6, or statistics demonstrating that prosecutors are far more likely to seek the death penalty when the victim is white than …
Big bucks are paid to high-ranking officials, despite agency complaints that money is tight.