Macy’s plans to raise wages and offer tuition assistance in the race for hourly workers.

ImageA new $15 hourly minimum, starting by May, will raise Macy’s average base pay above $17 an hour, the company said. Macy’s said on Monday that it would raise its…

Working for companies owned by well-heeled private-equity firms can mean lower wages for employees

Alma Jordan, a certified nursing assistant at the Marcella Center nursing home in Burlington, N.J., respected the residents she cared for there over the past 16 years. They were like…