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Minimum wage
Reform would guarantee minimum wage to all workers with disabilities
Sep 3, 2019
The House-passed Raise the Wage Act would phase out subminimum wages for people with disabilities in sheltered workplaces.
Minimum wage hike would boost tipped workers' pay
Aug 8, 2019
The House-passed Raise the Wage Act would phase out the $2.13 an hour federal minimum for tipped workers.
House to vote on raising the federal minimum wage
Jul 18, 2019
It would be the first increase at the federal level since 2009, but Senate Republicans aren't likely to consider the bill.
Raising the federal minimum wage would ease poverty for some workers, but cost others their job
Jul 9, 2019
Do possible wage gains matter more than potential job losses?
Who still earns the minimum wage in a tight labor market?
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Erika Beras
Jul 2, 2019
Some states and several cities and counties are raising their minimum wages this week
Facing a labor shortage, construction tries to rebrand
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Amy Scott
Apr 11, 2019
To recruit more young people, employers talk up technology and higher pay.
Big companies are raising wages as competition heats up
Apr 9, 2019
Finding and retaining workers can be a challenge.
For public good, not for profit.
New overtime proposal raises salary threshold to $35,000
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Erika Beras
Mar 25, 2019
Three years after a similar, failed Obama administration proposal, the Department of Labor has issued a new proposal that would allow most employees making $35,000 or less to qualify for overtime pay. This time, the proposal is not tied to inflation — something that employers might welcome.
The upside (and downside) of an automatic raise
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Adrian Ma
Jan 10, 2019
Several states automatically increase their minimum wage based on inflation. But is it enough?
Minimum wage hikes to kick in across the U.S.
Dec 28, 2018
Multiple cities in California, New York and Washington will have a minimum wage at or above $15 an hour in 2019. The minimum wage hikes include legally mandated annual adjustments to keep up with inflation, laws passed by state legislators and voter-approved ballot initiatives. Congress hasn’t increased the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour […]