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  • Behind USA’s Tip Culture: A Workaround for Employers to Escape Minimum Wage Payments

    Behind USA’s Tip Culture: A Workaround for Employers to Escape Minimum Wage Payments

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    Rimjhim Agrawal

    The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a series of updated regulations in 2020 and 2021 to protect tipped workers, including amendments to sections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These regulations protected employee tips from employers and addressed the two-tiered wage system that allowed employers to take partial…

  • The Cost of Ignoring Labor Reform in Japan

    The Cost of Ignoring Labor Reform in Japan

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    Tamkinat Rauf

    Economists contend that polarization in Japan’s labor force could hold back the success of Abenomics.