Browsing: Minimum Wage
The federal minimum wage has not risen from $7.25 for 15 years. That run extends the longest such streak since…
Wages in the U.K. are growing twice as fast as Europe and the U.S. thanks to one simple policy
The U.K.’s new Labour government has emerged from its landslide election victory, promising to return the country to its economic…
California Democrats agree to delay minimum wage hike for health care workers, who will eventually get $25 per hour
Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers to help balance the state’s…
Raising Cane’s managers now make $175,000 as new laws and shortages push fast-food salaries to six figures
Despite running on Dunkin’ or lovin’ happy meals, America has a long history of underpaying the fast-food workers who make…
I’m paid $14 an hour to rate AI-generated Google search results. Subcontractors like me do key work but don’t get fair wages or benefits
You probably google things a lot. But it’s unlikely you think about the subcontractors like me who make your search…
Shareholders are on a spree, raking in more in dividends than the average worker makes in eight months
The shareholder takes it all, the worker standing small— in the adjusted words of ABBA. These days, investors of companies…
Outsourcing founder explains why a Manhattan restaurant uses a staffing firm in the Philippines that pays cashiers a few dollars an hour: ‘The cost is admittedly cheaper than the U.S.’
Trying hard to stay afloat in a restaurant industry spending 36% of its cash on labor and with minimum wage…
California’s new $20 minimum wage could leave the state with higher unemployment for years to come, economist says
California implemented its $20 minimum wage law for fast-food workers on Monday, bumping pay up to 25% from the state’s…
Bay Area Auntie Ann’s Mogul estimates California’s new $20 minimum wage will cost him $470,000 per year
Most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour beginning Monday when a new law…
Virginia governor vetoes bill that would have boosted minimum wage from $12 to $15 over two years, saying it wasn’t needed
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail…












