DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - June 2025 * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $39.94 per hour in the South to $56.67 in the Northeast in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In the other two regions, h  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Interventional Pain Management Associates and Baxter Regional Medical Center to Pay $350,000 in EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit Resolves federal suit charging Arkansas clinic and hospital fired employee because she opposed discrimination *  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Interventional Pain Management Associates (IPMA), a Mountain Home, Arkansas pain management clinic, and Baxter Regional Medical Cen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Sanmina Corporation to Pay $77,500 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Electronics manufacturing solutions provider settles suit charging that it fired employee because of her arthritis and need for a reasonable accommodation *  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Sanmina Corporation, a global provider of electronics contract manufacturing services, will pay $77,500 and provide other relief to  more