In response to economic pressures and stagnant federal wages, numerous U.S. states and cities plan to increase minimum wages ...

Recent research suggests that wages below legally established minimum wages are surprisingly prevalent. This column reviews ‘wage theft’ in the US and its impact on the wage gains workers might ...

PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly's perennial debate over the minimum wage and its many permutations got its first major airing of the session on Wednesday, as House and Senate committees mostly heard ...

Starting January 2026, New York's minimum wage will rise to $17 per hour in NYC and surrounding counties, and $16 elsewhere.

The effects of the minimum wage on employment and wages have been widely studied, but its impact on inequality has not yet been well analysed due to the multiple ways of observing it. This study aims ...

Across the United States, about half of all states raised their minimum wages in 2024. Most of those increases went into effect on January 1, while minimum wage hikes also went into effect in Nevada, ...

The corks have been popped, the calendar pages turned and a day that promised fresh starts also brought with it some pay bumps for millions of Americans. Hourly minimum wages increased in 21 states on ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. national minimum wage rise is now seen more likely in the wake of Democratic gains in Tuesday's midterm Congressional elections, but views are mixed on whether this will ...

IN THE BARRIO of Iztapalapa, on Mexico City’s eastern flank, the pavements stay busy even in the punishing afternoon sun. Street vendors hawk snacks from metal carts; waiters from corner taquerías ...

Despite it being widely known by anyone who can think two steps ahead that price controls have negative consequences, politicians can’t help but continue to promote price controls as policy. With ...

It is easy to see why politicians like raising the minimum wage. Short of cash yet keen to fight inequality, they have seized on a tool of redistribution that costs governments little and wins votes.

The minimum wage won't increase anymore unless the General Assembly takes action The minimum wage hit its peak of $15 an hour this year Resistance to increasing the tipped minimum wage was fierce ...