From executive suites to assembly lines, employees increasingly are getting the chance to pocket extra money by giving a little more to the job. It can be as simple as showing up for work every day. Or, it can be exceeding production quotas or taking on extra responsibility, such as learning how to operate new equipment. For those working and hiring in that wage range, the proposed pay hike is a bombshell. A federal appeals court ruled that thousands of Microsoft temporary workers could participate in a class-action lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in retirement benefits from the software giant.
Content turns over weekly - just as some temps do.
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