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Stealing time: MTA exec scammed $21K by lying about work, watchdog finds
Martin Olsen falsely claimed to have worked on 39 days when he never actually showed up, and his boss rubber-stamped the phony timesheets, the report found.
US private payrolls post biggest gain in 7 months
US private payrolls surged by the most in seven months in April as companies rushed to boost production amid a surge in demand, suggesting the economy gained further momentum early in...
Airlines get $15B in stimulus aid to bring back 32,000 workers
The stimulus bill making its way through Congress will give US airlines $15 billion in payroll aid to help them bring back more than 32,000 workers sidelined by the pandemic,...
Medgar Evers College leaves adjunct professors dry with no checks
Medgar Evers College stiffed its adjunct professors, failing to pay them after classes resumed in September. The adjuncts at the Crown Heights college, which is part of the public City...
Nassau OTB adopts Trump's payroll tax pause
And they're off — to getting a temporary bump in their take-home pay. The Nassau County Off-Tracking Betting Corporation has taken up President Trump's call and is giving workers a...
With parks a mess and trash piling up, NYC first lady's $2M staff still 'Thriving'
There's no money for regular trash pickups or to maintain city parks, but Mayor Bill de Blasio's wife enjoys a 14-member staff — including a $70,000 videographer that captured her...
American Airlines to drop flights to 30 US cities if requirement expires
American Airlines is planning to drop flights to up to 30 smaller US cities if a federal requirement to continue those flights expires at the end of next month, an...
Trump vows to permanently end payroll tax in 2021 if he's reelected
WASHINGTON -- President Trump on Wednesday vowed to permanently abolish the payroll tax at the beginning of 2021 if he is re-elected in November. "On the assumption I win, we...
As private sector bleeds, NYC government has barely even begun belt-tightening
Crisis, what crisis? You don’t have to look at the numbers behind the city’s new, $92 billion budget to see that neither the mayor nor the City Council takes the...
Not your ordinary spa day: Spa chain snags $5.6M in coronavirus relief
A cash-strapped airport spa chain snagged $5.6 million in federal coronavirus aid weeks after warning investors that its independent auditor had raised “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operating...
Owner of NY Daily News, Chicago Tribune is cutting salaries
Tribune Publishing, the parent company of the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, and the Baltimore Sun, late Thursday said it was asking employees across the company to take...
How coronavirus chaos is affecting payroll in China
Investor relations consultant Gary Dvorchak has lived in Beijing for the past 6 ½ years. He’s back in the US right now but only because of the coronavirus chaos. I...
Trump says 'good time' for tax cut as coronavirus sinks market
President Trump says he wants Congress to pass a "middle income" payroll tax cut as the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak threatens the economy. Trump said he prefers a limited payroll tax...
Bronx man fired from MTA continued to collect $250K in paychecks
A Bronx subway cleaner who was arrested last week while collecting his paycheck was shocked to discover he’d actually been fired years earlier, The Post has learned.
State Dems introduce bills in response to MyPayrollHR scandal
The legislation provides new employee protections should their payroll funds be misused, and offers new avenues to recoup damages.
FBI raids MyPayrollHR owner's home in $35M fraud probe
FBI agents raided the upstate home of a payroll company owner embroiled in a potential $35 million fraud, the bureau said Tuesday. A squad of investigators arrived in a half-dozen...
FBI investigating potential $35M payroll fraud in upstate New York
The FBI is investigating the sudden shutdown of an upstate payroll processing company that left countless workers across the country with negative bank balances amid the disappearance of up to...
The kids keep failing — but Dept. of Ed honchos do pretty well
Chancellor Richard Carranza doesn’t do well getting kids to learn, but he sure knows how to please the adults running the schools — as the off-the-charts pay hikes The Post...
Top law firm Weil Gotshal botched millions in pay for bankers
Two powerful Wall Street investment bankers could be on the hook for millions of dollars in back taxes and penalties after one of the world’s most prestigious law firms botched...
Trump takes payroll tax cut off the table
A payroll tax cut to add money to workers’ pockets was taken off the table Wednesday by President Trump — who said the economy was healthy enough without it. “We...