Tag: Labor/Personnel

  • Opinion | The Employee Retention Tax Credit Is the Biggest Covid Scam

    Opinion | The Employee Retention Tax Credit Is the Biggest Covid Scam

    [ad_1] It’s hard to feel sorry for the Internal Revenue Service, but cleaning up for Congress is never fun. The Covid employee retention tax credit is turning into a classic case of government waste and fraud. Congress created the mess, leaving it to the IRS to mop up. Pandemic transfer payments and student-loan forbearance ended…

  • Opinion | A Labor Strike Over Shoplifting

    Opinion | A Labor Strike Over Shoplifting

    [ad_1] Union walkouts these days are common for pay raises, but get this: Over the weekend hundreds of workers at three Macy’s stores in the Seattle suburbs went on strike to protest rampant shoplifting and risks to employee safety. United Food & Commercial Workers Local 3000 says Macy’s “is not doing enough to address shoplifting,…