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Economy

Economy

Economy and business stories from Nevada Public Radio.
A man fills out an application at a booth at the Employers Only Long Island Food, Beverage and Hospitality Job Fair on Oct. 19 in Melville, N.Y. Employers added 531,000 jobs in October, marking a recovery after two months of weaker job growth.
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The report says that over the last 20 years, employers — many times these are unregistered businesses or even homes where people work as cleaners or caretakers — the estimated theft from minimum wage workers amounts to more than $2 billion.