Minimum wage

The CBO report says a $15 minimum wage would pull 900,000 people out of poverty but cost almost 1.5 million jobs.

This is a fraught time to tackle minimum wage increases. It would address long-term inequities but more businesses are in trouble now.

This year especially, voters are sympathetic to minimum wage workers on the front lines during a pandemic, an economist says.

A growing number of people across the country and the political spectrum support raising the minimum wage. Is this a sign of a bigger shift?

Hourly wages for some 2.5 million workers in the state will rise to $10 next year, then a dollar a year through 2026.

At least 300 rehab facilities in 44 states required unpaid labor from participants, investigators found.

Some businesses owners struggling with COVID-19 restrictions asked for the pay hike to be delayed.

The retail giant is boosting its minimum wage $2 per hour, accelerating planned increases. The move may reflect current crises in America as well as expectations of a strong economy.

The House-passed Raise the Wage Act would phase out subminimum wages for people with disabilities in sheltered workplaces.

The House-passed Raise the Wage Act would phase out the $2.13 an hour federal minimum for tipped workers.