Map: Where minimum wage is — and isn't — increasing in 2025
(NEXSTAR) — The federal minimum wage has remained unchanged since 2009, but is scheduled to increase in 2025 in more than 20 states. Once the new rates go into effect, nearly a dozen states will have minimum hourly wages of $15 or more across the state. No increase is expected in the remaining 21 states. […]
Disney to pay $233M to settle ‘wage theft’ suit from Disneyland workers
The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay $233 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by Disneyland employees who claim the Mouse House oppressed them by failing to meet local minimum wage requirements. . Disney on Friday approved a preliminary settlement that will result in back pay with interest owed by more than […]
Sanders says he hopes to work with Trump to raise minimum wage
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Sunday he wants to work with President-elect Trump to raise the minimum wage from the federal standard of $7.25 an hour, which was last raised in 2009. In an interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker asked Sanders if he thought he could work with Trump, but […]
California Shed More Than 6,000 Jobs Due To Fast Food Wage Law
California will lose more than 6,000 fast-food restaurant jobs starting in September 2023 due to recent legislation increasing the fast-food minimum wage, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Employment Policy Institute (EPI). That's what it means. Since the law was passed in September 2023, private fast food restaurants in the state have lost […]
US proposes to end subminimum wage for disabled workers
US Department of Labor Announced on Tuesday It said it plans to phase out certificates that allow employers to pay disabled workers below the minimum wage. Under current rules, certain employers can apply for a certificate that allows them to pay employees with disabilities less than or equal to the federal minimum wage (currently $7.25 […]
Investor who pushed California minimum wage measure ‘disappointed’ by defeat
Entrepreneur and anti-poverty activist Joe Samberg, who spearheaded the recently defeated state ballot measure to raise California's minimum wage, said he was “frustrated and disappointed” by the loss but expressed concern for struggling Californians. He vowed to continue working for the cause. Proposition 32, which would have raised the state's minimum wage from $16 to […]
California voters narrowly reject $18 minimum wage; first such no-vote nationwide since 1996
California voters rejected a measure to raise the state's minimum wage to $18 an hour. This is the first time in nearly 30 years that such an effort has failed nationwide. In the end, 49.2% of Californians supported the wage increase, which fell just short, so the tally was taken two weeks after Election Day. […]
FBI foils New York man’s ‘evil plan’ to wage jihad
According to the Department of Justice, FBI agents attempted to board a flight from New York to the Middle East where they were allegedly attempting to join the Islamic State of Iraq al-Sham (ISIS) to wage jihad. Stopped a New York man. ). Saeed Aman, a U.S. citizen and resident of Nassau County, New York, […]
Chipotle exec blames sales slump in California on inflation — not state’s $20 minimum wage
Chipotle President Jack Hartung said California consumers are spending less because of inflation and insisted that price hikes following the state's new $20 minimum wage were not a factor in the decline in sales. “I think it's a macro resistance to inflation in general and in California.” Hartung said in an interview with CNBC's Jim […]
Dockworkers support historic strike as union apparently rejects nearly 50% wage increases over 7 years
Unionized longshoremen shut down operations at 36 ports on the East Coast and Gulf Coast and cut picket lines early Tuesday after negotiations between the International Longshoremen's Association and the United Maritime Alliance failed. I put it on. A dockworker spoke fox business They are prepared to continue the work stoppage until the union is […]