To retain staff and attract new hires, employers have boosted pay and improved benefits — sowing fears of a “wage-price spiral” whereby companies are forced to charge more for their products and services to cover higher costs, leading workers to demand even higher pay to keep pace with ris...
Families with children but without wage earners received an estimated $61 billion from the top 10, largely from noncash programs. Childless adults received the least aid from the 10 largest programs; those with earnings received an estimated $9.7 billion in benefits and those without earnings an ...