The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, the lowest since the 1940s when adjusted for inflation. Sen. Welch wants to raise ...

Inflation is expected to accelerate in the coming months on the back of the Trump administration's import tariffs.

Vt., introduced a bill this week seeking to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an house and allow it to increase with ...

U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) have have proposed legislation to raise the federal minimum wage ...

Pay growth in Britain slowed sharply and unemployment rose to its highest in nearly four years in the three months to April, ...

With the new minimum wage pegged at N70,000, recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has revealed a harsh reality for Nigerian households: a worker earning the minimum wage cannot ...

Background Social welfare policies such as the minimum wage can affect population health, though the impact may differ by the level of unemployment experienced by society at a given time. Methods We ...

President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers are making a push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour from the current $7.25. Some lawmakers and business owners who are against the idea ...

Kathy Hochul. She has already passed legislation to raise the minimum wage and index it to inflation. She is up for reelection next year, and will have to weigh liberal pushes like this one ...

Ohio voters passed a constitutional amendment in 2006 to raise the minimum wage each year by the rate of inflation. A campaign to raise the minimum wage in Ohio last year missed an important ...

The Albanese government has flagged that minimum wage ... Treasury whether wage growth forecasts of 3.1 per cent to 3.25 per cent in 2025-26 would be consistent with inflation staying in its ...

Bellingham raised minimum wage to $18.66, increasing costs for small businesses. Owners cite tight margins, payroll taxes, and tariffs as compounding pressures. Future wage hikes tied to state ...