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Minimum Wage Laws Make for Great Politics, but Fewer Jobs

Hiking wages through law is a crowd-pleaser, but it kills employment unless you’re a robot.

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UK Government Plans To Gradually Increase Minimum Wage From 2025

Britain's decision to slow down minimum wage increase in 2025 sparks debates on economic implications and worker welfare.

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The push against wage rises has begun again – it’s an argument for Australia’s poorest workers to become poorer

A 5% rise in award and minimum wages is pretty modest and won’t set fire to inflation or cause interest rates to stay high

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Minimum wage is UK’s ‘most successful economic policy in a generation’

Resolution Foundation study suggests lowest earners are £6,000 a year better off due to policy

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Ai Group backs minimum wage increase of 2.8 pct

Business groups want the industrial umpire to proceed with caution on its annual minimum wage call as unions vie for a bigger boost to help workers get ahead.

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P&O Ferries boss to be questioned by MPs on working conditions

Ferry company has agreed to sign commitment it will pay maritime workers at least UK minimum wage

The Guardian - UK

Employers, unions at odds on wage call and inflation

Unions and employer groups have clashed on the annual review of minimum and award wages and its likely influence on still-above target inflation.

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Minimum Wage Is Marked For An Increase, So Here’s What You Can Get For One Hour Of Work

The lowest paid Aussies could soon have a bit more cash in their wallets, as the federal government is looking to boost the minimum wage.

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Australia To Recommend Minimum Wage Increase In Line With Inflation

Australia recommends a minimum wage increase aligned with inflation to support workers' financial well-being and address income inequality.

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King takes aim at Liberals over preselection of women – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

A minimum wage alone can’t fix the UK poverty scandal

The 25-year-old pay floor is justly celebrated but doesn’t tackle issues that mean exploitation and misery for many

The Guardian - UK

Cross-channel ferry crews must be paid at least £9.95 an hour under French law

New minimum wage law to be brought in two years after P&O Ferries replaced hundreds of workers with low-cost crew

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries has paid some crew less than half UK minimum wage

Company is using legal loophole UK government promised to close two years ago, Guardian analysis suggests

The Guardian - UK

Social and Economic Legislation and the Taft Court in the 1920s

I review the relevant chapters in Prof. Robert Post's forthcoming book

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Uber and Lyft threaten to halt operations in Minneapolis over minimum wage law

After a minimum wage law gets passed for a second time in the Twin Cities, the ride-hail companies vow to put up a fight.

International Business Times

Uber and Lyft Cease Minneapolis Operations Amid Wage Dispute

Uber and Lyft will halt services in Minneapolis by May 1 after the city council overrides the mayor's veto on a minimum wage ordinance for rideshare drivers.

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Long Beach Hotel Workers on Track to Earn the Highest Minimum Wage in the Nation

A ballot measure to raise pay to $23 an hour could help workers in labor negotiations and boost the local economy.

International Business Times UK

Tesco Staff Still Paid Lower Than Minimum Wage As Supermarket Struggles

Store employees at Tesco will only receive their new hourly pay of £12.02 from 28th April, despite the National Living Wage going up to £11.44 on 1st April.

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Alaskans to vote on a ballot initiative to increase minimum wage to $15 per hour and require paid sick leave

In Alaska, a ballot initiative that would increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour and require employers to provide paid sick leave has qualified for the ballot. The initiative will appear on the ballot for Nov. 5, 2024, unless the legislature adjourns on or before April 22, in which…

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California Minimum Wage Law Raises Transparency Concerns

California's new -per-hour minimum wage law for fast food workers faces controversy over a bakery exemption, raising concerns of favoritism and transpar...

Newcastle Herald

'$50 a game': the high price elite Hunter sportswomen paid to play

The juggle is real on International Women's Day.

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Results for a selection of notable California local ballot measures on March 5

Across California, voters decided on 138 local ballot measures, in addition to the statewide measure, Proposition 1, on March 5. While we are awaiting finalized results for the ballot measures, below is a selection of local ballot measure outcomes, which addressed policing, voter ID, school curriculums, and more:

The Guardian - UK

Tesco pay rise delay leaves many workers earning under minimum wage

Some employees angry at supermarket being temporarily able to pay under £11.44 an hour

Reason

Supreme Court Tells Texas to Hold On

Plus: More reactions to the Supreme Court's other decision in the Trump ballot disqualification case, D.C.'s continued minimum wage confusion, California's primary elections, and more...

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Of Course Special Interests Shaped California's New Minimum Wage Law

Gov. Gavin Newsom's response to allegations of favoritism only serve to underline how the entire fast food minimum wage law was a giveaway to his buddies.

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