Browsing: Minimum Wage
Running a small business is never easy, especially during inflationary periods. In 2023, when the average rate of inflation was…
Michigan Republicans’ bait-and-switch on minimum wage laws ran afoul of the constitution, court rules
The Michigan Supreme Court overruled the Legislature on Wednesday, reinstating major changes to the state’s minimum wage and paid sick…
Japan’s labor ministry proposed a record increase in the minimum wage for the fourth consecutive year, in a bid to…
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…












