AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas’ manual laborers are facing harsh financial and safety concerns, according to a new study released Tuesday. The report was released at the WDP office in Austin in a room with a ...

Texas workers have long struggled with wage theft by their employers—and the state’s willingness and ability to crack down on scofflaw employers has been relatively minimal. Now, rates of suspected ...

The H-1B visa program is a crucial path for skilled foreign workers in U.S. industries. With the new $100,000 H-1B ...

In Texas, construction workers are more likely to die on the job than laborers in any other industry – and yet well over half of them don’t have any type of workers’ compensation insurance. That’s ...

Scores of state workers are heading back to work over the next few weeks after a push from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. In some cases, it’s unclear whether they’ll have desk space – or if their jobs will ...

Workers on a lunch break wave to a passing Southern Pacific caboose in San Luis Obispo, Calif. on March 12, 1984. Tony Hertz Whether you’re clocking in at a fast food counter, retail store, ...