Hampton Roads businesses react to bills to help workers: Minimum wage increase, paid sick days, leave program

Both Democrat-controlled chambers passed bills that would increase the minimum wage incrementally to $15 an hour by Jan. 1, ...

What Was the Minimum Wage the Year You Were Born?

In order to find the minimum wage the year you were born, we looked at the United States Department of Labor’s federal minimum wage data to find the minimum wage for every year from 1938 to 2024. Then ...

Chart Shows Minimum Wage in Every State

As New York marks a minimum wage rise for a third year in a row, we look at the latest figure in other states.

Juliana Stratton’s $25-per-hour minimum wage plan draws fire from rivals in US Senate race in Illinois

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton’s call for an immediate increase in the federal minimum wage drew criticism at a debate from her ...
National Law Review

DOL’s Annual Minimum Wage Increase for Certain Federal Contractors Leaves Compliance Uncertainty

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) recent annual minimum wage increase for certain federal contractors underscores the ...

Proposed minimum wage increase could impact apartment affordability

“We are trying to do a little something more to help out people so that when you make an honest wage, you put in your 40 hours a week, you can afford housing,” she closed. Critics argue the cost of ...