From 1996 to 2024, there were 32 ballot measures to increase state minimum wages. Voters approved 28 (87.50%) and rejected four (12.50%). [1] In 2024, California and Massachusetts became the first ...

This paper proposes an empirical approach to decompose the distributional effects of minimum wages into effects for workers moving out of employment, workers moving into employment, and workers ...

The confirmation hearing for the former Oregon representative nominated to lead the Labor Department took place on Wednesday.

Hong Kong is set to raise the statutory minimum wage from HK$40 to HK$42.10 per hour in May, but an anti-poverty group has said the new rate still fails to meet “basic living needs.” ...

after recording the slowest quarterly wage growth since March 2022. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday shows quarterly wages growth of 0.7 per cent in the December ...

See how student enrollment has changed in each LI district Of Long Island's 124 school districts, 76%, saw their student population drop from the 2012-13 school year to the 2022-23 year.

Following the weakest quarterly growth rate since 2022, annual wages are now up 3.2 per cent, down from 4.2 per cent in December 2023. Wage growth slows to its lowest increase since 2022.

Ohio has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As of ...

Asked whether she believed that the national minimum wage — which is currently $7.25 ... Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio asked for her opinion on "whether or not you think the influx of ...