Sean Higgins

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Advocates for a higher wage have criticized the report's methodology, but one author shrugged it off, saying it was to be expected given the groups' politics. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

Liberals try to refute Seattle minimum wage study

Sean Higgins · July 6, 2017 4:01 am

Justice Department told the court it would rethink the minimum salary a worker must make before he is deemed "managerial" and not eligible for overtime pay. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration will rewrite Obama-era overtime rule

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2017 9:17 pm

Report finds that increases in the amount of time spent on video games by younger men correlate strongly with a decline in hours that they are working. (iStock)

Video games contributing to decline in work hours among younger men: Study

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2017 7:50 pm

Case in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals could end the ability of public-sector unions to force workers like her to support its political activities (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Teachers union dues case vies for Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2017 4:01 am

Measures would roll back changes made by the NLRB that critics said were unfair and designed to boost union organizing. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

House GOP advances pro-business labor law bills

Sean Higgins · June 29, 2017 8:04 pm

The head of Unite Here was upset with the Democrats for attacking the GOP's repeal legislation as a sop to the wealthiest because, in part, it delays for four years the implementation of a so-called "Cadillac tax" on high-premium health insurance plans. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Unite Here union leader blasts Democrats over Obamacare ‘Cadillac tax’

Sean Higgins · June 28, 2017 5:37 pm

Business groups and Republicans praised President Trump's choice late Tuesday of lawyer William Emanuel to serve on the National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Businesses, GOP praise Trump pick for labor board

Sean Higgins · June 28, 2017 3:33 pm

Labor secretary told Senate Appropriations Committee that healthcare wasn't his area of expertise and he was there to discuss his department's budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Democrats grill Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on healthcare bill

Sean Higgins · June 27, 2017 5:48 pm

The Department of Labor announced Tuesday that it had officially begun monitoring use of opioid prescriptions by workers under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Labor Department begins monitoring opioid use by federal workers

Sean Higgins · June 27, 2017 5:26 pm

A new study has found Seattle's increase of its minimum wage to $13 an hour, part of a planned hike to $15, has left low-wage workers worse off. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren,File)

Study: Seattle’s minimum wage is hurting the poor

Sean Higgins · June 26, 2017 2:44 pm

President Obama formally blocked the controversial, long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline project last year, TransCanada, the company behind it, filed a NAFTA complaint seeking $15 billion in damages due to lost revenue. The complaint was withdrawn this year and the pipeline project has gone ahead under President Trump.

Business, Big Labor debate NAFTA tribunals

Sean Higgins · June 26, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, addresses a crowd of several hundred during a town hall meeting Monday, June 12, 2017, in Lenexa, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Jerry Moran: I don’t know if Senate GOP will pass healthcare by the end of the week

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2017 9:35 pm