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Couple refuses to sit next to cops; officers respond with heartwarming gesture

Four police officers in a Pittsburgh suburb are making headlines for all the right reasons. When the cops noticed a man and woman get up and move to the other side of the restaurant so as to not sit near the officers, the policemen from Homestead and Whitaker, Penn., responded

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Obama explains new OT rule for salaried workers

(CNSNews.com) – In his weekly address released Saturday, President Barack Obama explained a new federal regulation finalized this week by the Department of Labor that will required employers to pay overtime to salaried workers who make less than $47,500 per year. The federal-regulation-mandated overtime will kick in once the

Massachusetts

Union says state contract will get care attendants to $15 an hour

STATE HOUSE — The union representing the state's 35,000 personal care attendants and the Baker administration have agreed to a three-year contract that will provide a 44-cent raise this summer and open a path to a $15 an hour minimum wage for PCAs by 2018, the union announced

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Boston workforce breakdown reveals imbalances

BOSTON – Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Democrat and a former labor leader, presides over a workforce where a lopsided portion of the jobs are held by whites and the median pay for women is 20 percent less than for men, data released Tuesday show. The demographic breakdown of the municipal

Barack Obama

Significant premium hikes expected under Obamacare

WASHINGTON (AP) — Expect insurers to seek significant premium increases under President Barack Obama's health care law, in a wave of state-level requests rippling across the country ahead of the political conventions this summer. Insurers say the law's coverage has been a financial drain for many of

Massachusetts

Pay hikes in UMass president’s office spur questions

BOSTON – University of Massachusetts officials defended the system's pay policies Wednesday after the Boston Herald reported some hefty salary increases for President Marty Meehan's already highly compensated staff, pointing out they came as Meehan is trying to get $10.9 million from the Legislature to cover

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UMass agrees to pay faculty, staff retroactive wages

Written by Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE — University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan has committed the university to funding $10.9 million in retroactive pay denied to faculty and staff by the previous president, expressing confidence that the state will help foot the bill.