CNBC: There are a variety of reasons a job can get slapped with the "worst job" title. It could be that it's an extremely dangerous or stressful j...

Remember all the times that as a full-time salaried worker, you stayed home with a cold or to take care of a sick child? It's a perk many of us take for granted, but for workers who handle our food, in jobs where spreading germs is among the most risky, calling in sick not even an option.

The National Restaurant Association is largely responsible for lobbying to keep the federal-tipped minimum wage at a paltry $2.13 an hour. Unfortunately, the topic of worker rights never came up in the speech the first lady gave to the NRA in September of 2010.

Thanks largely to the pressure brought by the business lobby in Orange County, Fla., it appears the most magical place on earth won't include mandated...

Rebecca Williams has waited tables, on and off, for 30 years. A lot has changed since her first stint in the business ended in the early 1990s. Restau...

WASHINGTON -- It's been a busy few months at Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a scrappy non-profit that advocates for low-wage restaurant work...

Just like the flowers in that Valentine's Day bouquet, some businesses can bloom a little too early. Florist Susan Occhino of Waterbury, Connecticu...

The Florida restaurant lobby is pushing a bill that would drop the minimum wage for the state's restaurant servers and other tipped employees from $4....

The restaurant industry is notorious for being a male-dominated environment ripe with inappropriate sexual conduct and comments.

The corporatization of America has, to some degree, replaced a Wild West business environment with a consistent set of sexual harassment guidelines and training.