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More than 20 states ring in the new year with a higher minimum wage
Jan 1, 2024
The highest state minimum wages as of Jan. 1, 2024 will be Washington state at $16.28 and California at $16. But is that really enough to live on?
If wages go up, do fast-food prices have to go up too?
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Janet Nguyen
Nov 15, 2023
In California, the minimum wage is rising to $20 an hour. Could execs, stockholders and franchisees share the costs?
California's $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers is actually a compromise
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Nova Safo
Oct 2, 2023
Despite one of the highest minimum wages in the country for fast-food workers, fast-food companies still clocked some wins.
In California, one county is forcing restaurants to pay wage theft claims or risk losing their permits
Sep 7, 2023
Santa Clara County is helping regulators deal with businesses that cheat workers out of wages but fail to settle that debt.
Minimum wage gets a mini increase in some states
Jul 7, 2023
The federal minimum wage has been the same since 2009: $7.25 an hour.
NYC sets minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers
Jun 13, 2023
The workers currently earn $7 an hour on average. Starting in July, they'll make nearly $18 an hour before tips.
Keeping up with cat-flation and the rising minimum wage
Feb 14, 2023
The entrepreneur behind a Florida cat cafe hopes 2023 brings reduced costs and many more adoptions.
For public good, not for profit.
With salaries rising, how much do minimum wage increases matter?
Jan 4, 2023
Private-sector wages are up about 5% over the past year. But gains guaranteed by government can't be lost during an economic downturn.
SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry on the Fight for $15’s 10-year anniversary
Nov 28, 2022
“What gives me hope is something that seemed impossible in 2012 is now very possible,” Henry told Marketplace.
How inflation cuts into the value of the federal minimum wage
Jul 18, 2022
The federal minimum wage has been changed since 2009, when Congress raised it from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour.