CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Target announced on Thursday plans to increase the hourly minimum wage for all current and new employees. The company will increase its minimum wage to $13 in June. The increase is part of Target’s commitment to pay employees a minimum of $15 an hour by the end of 2020. “Our team is Target’s […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Sheetz is hoping to hire more than 100 employees in Northeast Ohio and 2,500 workers across the country. The convenience store chain will hold open interviews for full- and part-time positions on Wednesday, March 27 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at all 589 locations throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, West […]
Kroger has reportedly disciplined employees and moved up previously planned diversity and sensitivity training after being accused of racial profiling by a mother whose teens were accused of stealing while buying snacks. According to Daily News, the grocery chain on announced “several immediate actions in response” to the incident at its store in Mesquite, Texas. […]
Trump moves to freeze pay for federal workers WASHINGTON – Amid the current partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to freeze pay for federal workers in 2019. The move is consistent with Trump’s budget proposal and a notice to Congress in August, when he cited “serious economic conditions” in cutting pay to […]
WESTLAKE, Ohio– At least 10 employees of Hospice of Western Reserve became ill after eating brownies that were left in the break room, Westlake police say. Officers were called to the facility on Hospice Way Friday afternoon for a possible drugging. Police said a housekeeping employee gave the tray to workers on Thursday, saying she […]
WESTLAKE, Ohio– American Greetings is laying off employees at its headquarters in Westlake. The staff reductions will occur across departments at its creative studios in Crocker Park on Tuesday, the company said in a news release. “The company is committed to treating all of its associates with respect and compassion, offering severance pay and outplacement […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Big news for city of Cleveland employees. Mayor Frank G. Jackson announced Monday that anyone who does not make at least $15 per hour will be moved to that amount. The increase will be effective April 2018, corresponding with the third year of the City’s union contracts. “I have made a […]
The Cavs have a team of professionals in leadership positions who just happen to be women. Those fifteen players on the Cavaliers roster are just a fraction of the team. The organization actually employs about 1,300 team members and one in three of them is a woman. But if you think they’re at entry level […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – AT&T employees in northeast Ohio walked out Friday afternoon, forcing some stores to close. Employees, who are members of the Communications Workers of America, walked out of the Independence store at exactly 3 p.m. Friday, and the store then closed for the day. The employees formed a picket line outside of […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The City of Cleveland posted on Twitter they are adding 33 employees to better inspect residential and vacant properties. This will also help to remove condemned properties. The process of tearing down these houses is taking place almost daily. Jim Rokakis with the County Land Conservancy said a lot of workers help […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The City of Cleveland has released the names and positions of nine employees within the Department of Public Utilities/Division of Water who were terminated for violations stated within the City of Cleveland’s Civil Service Rules, Ethics Policy and Progressive Discipline Policy. In each case, the city found the employee to be […]
Michigan’s attorney general filed multiple charges Wednesday against three officials. Two state workers and one city worker have been charged in the Flint water crisis, marking “the first time criminal charges have been brought against government officials” in the outsized public health debacle, reports the Detroit Free Press. Bill Schuette, Michigan’s attorney general, filed […]