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Our Lady of the Damp and Rain

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The Volkswagen Scandal Is Just the Beginning — Climate Desk

By James Grimmelmann, Slate

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A whole new part of the sharing economy is being sued for mistreating workers

Should your food-delivery driver get workplace benefits? Here comes the next sharing-economy showdown.

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The Great Divide in Workplace Benefits

A magazine’s list of companies with the best benefits for mothers also shows how far most companies fall short.

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Merilee says she's been looking at the compensation packages of chief executives of the charities she donates to. They're all over the map.

“So what's the magic number for chief executive pay? Short answer: There isn't one. It's whatever they can get away with. That's not how top execs would put it, of course. They'd say their compensation reflects their value in a marketplace of corporate leadership as defined by their peers. But that's just another way of saying chief executives are paid whatever other chief executives have gotten away with. It's a cycle that keeps pushing paychecks higher. Every fat compensation package sets a precedent for the next fat package. According to the Economic Policy Institute, average chief executive pay at the 350 largest U.S. companies soared nearly 1,000% from 1978 to 2014, while the compensation of non-supervisory employees rose 11%. Big-company chief executives’ compensation rose by an average of 5% last year to a median of nearly $10.3 million, according to the consulting firm Mercer. That's a smidgen more than the median 4% increase in chief executives’ pay in 2013. The average U.S. worker saw his or her pay go up over the last 12 months by 0.3%.The typical head of a U.S. company now makes 373 times more than the typical worker, according to the AFL-CIO labor union.”

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When Workers in a Factory Are Just Cells in a Private-Equity Spreadsheet

Inside every dishwasher, refrigerator, and washing machine is a little valve that directs the flow of water. For decades, most of these valves have come from a factory in the northwestern corner of Illinois, but not after today.

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Drug Goes From $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight

The price of the drug, called Daraprim, a standard of care for treating a life-threatening parasitic infection, went to $750 a tablet from $13.50.

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VW Is Said to Cheat on Diesel Emissions; U.S. to Order Big Recall

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice of violation, accusing VW of installing software known as a “defeat device” in 4-cylinder vehicles.