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The budget also provides $244 million in funding to confront a workforce shortage that has reduced the capacity for care at nonprofit service providers funded by the state, and delayed patient contact with psychologists and psychiatrists sometimes for months.

Now, HTP work is expected to generate $19.6 billion in economic activity and create 95,000 jobs during construction. That’s an increase of 20,000 jobs from previous estimates.

The Federal Trade Commission, a government agency that enforces antitrust and consumer protection laws, has announced a final ruling that would ban the use of new noncompete clauses and agreements and make most existing ones unenforceable. 
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Executive Summary

This 2024 edition of “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” marks the 33rd year the AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers.

A Nassau County judge has issued a $250 fine against the owners of Long Island's second-largest nursing home for ignoring a contempt order and failing to make a $2.65 million payment toward the health care benefits of the facility's roughly 440 employees.

When Starbucks barista Florentino Escobar first heard that the Supreme Court had taken up a case involving him and six of his co-workers from Memphis, Tenn., he was shocked.

"I was like, 'Wait, the Supreme Court? Like we're talking the U.S. Supreme Court?'" he says.

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