The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009. A new proposal would more than triple it, but the timeline to get there would depend on employer size.
As another April 1st rolls by, it marks 35 years of the $2.13 federal subminimum wage. Yes, I realize this seems like an April Fool’s joke, but it is no joke for millions of tipped workers. How did ...
A number that once sounded unimaginable is now at the center of a debate about what it truly ...
The Trump administration said on Monday it will continue a program that allows certain employers to pay workers with disabilities below minimum wage, ending an effort begun during the Biden ...
Section 14(c) of the FLSA authorizes employers who receive a certificate from DOL to pay subminimum wages to workers whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by a physical or mental disability ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On July 7, the US Department of Labor formally withdrew its plan for a ...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday introduced the Living Wage For All Act, a bicameral bill that would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $25 an hour nationwide through a phased ...
Organizations in New York can pay a person with a disability as little as 5 cents per hour and it is legal. This must end. This subminimum wage, a relic of legislation from 1938, allows employers to ...