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Around 900,000 under-21s 'hugely out of pocket' due to lower rate of minimum wage

According to the Trade Union Congress the the "pay penalty" facing young people as a result of lower rates of minimum wage stands at around £2.5billion

Daily Mirror

Khanna counters Manchin with wage bill

Khanna takes page out of Manchin playbook, pushes to attach a $15 minimum wage to the annual military spending bill

Salon

This Inglewood carwash paid workers $7 an hour, state officials say. The penalty: Over $900,000

In the latest crackdown against wage theft in Southern California, state officials said Tuesday they would penalize an Inglewood carwash operator more than $900,000 for paying workers far below the minimum wage and denying them overtime and rest breaks.

Los Angeles Times

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‘The success is inspirational’: the Fight for $15 movement 10 years on

Federal lawmakers failed to increase the minimum wage, but US workers made other gains, and they are setting their sights on new goals

The Guardian - US

Fight over health care minimum wage yields a split decision in Southern California

LOS ANGELES — An expensive fight over health worker pay in two Southern California cities appears to have ended in a draw, with each side claiming a victory and a loss.

Tribune News Service

Anger as Jeremy Hunt orders 600,000 workers to do more hours - despite childcare freeze

Jeremy Hunt yesterday announced that those who work 15 to 35 hours a week for minimum wage will be “required” to meet a work coach “to increase their hours or earnings”, and it is understood those who do not co-operate could face sanctions

Daily Mirror

Autumn Budget 2022: Check how much better or worse off you'll be with our online calculator

You can use our online calculator to show how much better or worse off you'll be after Jeremy Hunt's autumn Statement

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Lula's push to boost spending in Brazil rattles markets

Brazilian investors are showing concern over President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's promises to sustain a massive welfare program, increase the minimum wage and boost health and education spending

The Independent UK

Autumn Statement calculator shows how your payslip and energy bills will change

The Mirror has pulled together a calculator to show how the Autumn Statement changes to Minimum Wage and energy bills will affect your wallet and household bills

Daily Mirror

Government approves plan for new national 'living wage' in 2026

The new scheme will be brought in gradually over a four-year period starting next year and will be set at 60% of the hourly median wage

Dublin Live

Jeremy Hunt clobbers ALL Brits with barrage of tax rises and cuts as UK in recession

Jeremy Hunt has announced tens of billions of pounds of cuts and stealth tax rises in the Autumn budget statement - from council tax and income tax to energy bills, minimum wage and the state pension and benefits

Daily Mirror

Autumn Statement: Minimum living wage to rise by 92p an hour from next year

At present the minimum wage is £9.50 for over-23s, £9.18 for 21 and 22 year olds, £6.83 for 18 to 20 year olds and £4.81 for under 18s and apprentices.

Daily Record

Jeremy Hunt announces minimum wage will rise by just 92p - as inflation soars

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in his Autumn budget this morning that the national minimum wage will go up from April 2023 - taking the new hourly rate up to £10.42

Daily Mirror

Everything you need to do NOW to protect your money ahead of Autumn Statement

The Autumn Statement is set to confirm about £21billion of tax rises and £33billion of public spending cuts a year by 2027/28, to try and fill the £54billion black hole

Daily Mirror

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Evening Standard

I was the intern who stole loo roll from Tatler — now I realise I was lucky

Here’s a story that might get me arrested: when I was an intern at Condé Nast in 2011 — working for minimum wage at society bible Tatler (probably the only person in the entire editorial staff who’d gone to a state school but that’s a story for another day) —…

Daily Mirror

Minimum wage will rise in Autumn Budget 'by 90p an hour' as inflation soars

The minimum wage is currently £9.50 an hour for people under 23, and a rise in April 2023 is due to be confirmed in the Autumn Statement. According to The Times, it could hit £10.40

Daily Mirror

'Joining OnlyFans made me a fortune - but it has ruined my dating life'

A woman swapped her life flipping burgers for a life of luxury after deciding she'd had enough of making minimum wage at a fast-food joint, instead opting to sell content on OnlyFans

Reason

Worries About Inflation Didn't Stop Voters From Approving Minimum Wage Increases

A minimum wage increase passed in Nebraska and appears to have done the same in Nevada. In D.C., tipped workers will get a possibly unwelcome increase as well.

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Orlando Sentinel

Disney, other tourism workers need $18 minimum wage, report says

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando’s tourism workers, long among the lowest paid in the region’s economy, must earn at least $18 per hour to meet basic needs, a hospitality industry union argues in a report released Thursday.

The Independent UK

Union: Orlando tourism workers need $18 an hour to survive

Workers in central Florida’s tourism industry are pushing to raise their minimum wage to at least $18 an hour, arguing that rising rents and inflation have cut into their ability to make ends meet

Salon

Fetterman says Oz neglects workers

"If Oz does not believe that we need a higher minimum wage, then he should move out of his ten mansions"

France 24

Brazil's Bolsonaro and Lula spar in bruising final debate before vote

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faced off in a final debate before their runoff election Sunday, focusing mainly on economic hardships.

The Independent UK

Brazil's Bolsonaro, Lula face off in last debate before vote

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro faced off on Friday in the last debate before Brazil’s elections on Sunday

Los Angeles Times

California union alleges that fast-food effort to block new labor law is 'willfully misleading voters'

California's largest union on Thursday lodged a complaint with state officials alleging that a fast-food industry coalition violated state election rules in its campaign to block a landmark labor law from going into effect.

France 24

Brazil's universities hit by massive budget cuts under Bolsonaro

There are just a few days to go until the second round of the presidential run-off in Brazil. Both incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his left-wing rival Lula da Silva are leaving no stone unturned in trying to convince voters that they've got what it takes to lead the country going…

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