Tag: Minimum Wage
What changes should small businesses be aware of for 2025?
For small businesses, the biggest change in the new year will be the arrival of a presumably more business-friendly administration in Washington. But...
Mexico raises its minimum wage by 12%, but it marks no increase in dollar terms
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico announced Wednesday that it will increase its still strikingly low daily minimum wage by 12% next year. But because...
California voters reject measure that would have raised minimum wage to nation-high $18 per hour
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour...
Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide
Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty...
California health care workers get a pay bump under a new minimum wage law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California will get a pay bump Wednesday under a state law gradually...
Takeaways from AP's report on how shrimp farmers are exploited as supermarkets push for low prices
BANGKOK -- BANGKOK (AP) — A new investigation focused on three of the world’s largest producers of shrimp released Monday claims that as...