For workers in 19 states, the new year brought with it a pay bump in the form of increases to the minimum wage. According to ...

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For more than a decade, local and state laws have been increasingly focused on providing more protection and agency to ...

High levels of income inequality weaken support for raising the minimum wage, which in turn could further worsen income inequality as people believe this is the way things should be, according to ...

Yet, for many Americans, it doesn’t feel that way. A closely watched Index of Consumer Sentiment, published by the University of Michigan, fell to 67.8 in February, its lowest mark since last summer.

HOUSTON — Despite a shifting landscape marked by tariff turmoil and economic uncertainty, wages in the Houston market continue to rise. That’s according to The Business Journal's recent analysis of ...

PROVIDENCE – More than 1,500 Rhode Island workers are owed a total of $2.5 million in back wage, and just in time for Christmas, the U.S. Department of Labor wants to put it in their hands. The money, ...

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