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California Sends Hundreds of Prisoners to Battle Raging Wildfires, Pays Them Below Minimum Wage: 'Can Barely Afford Hygiene Supplies'

California has sent hundreds of prisoners to battle the wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area, and is paying them below minimum wage.

Latin Times

Martin Lewis urges workers to check their payslips as millions going underpaid

The top employers for underpaying workers were named last year

The Independent UK

Seattle's Minimum Wage Hike Hurts Workers

Increasing the cost of labor decreases the quantity of labor demanded.

Reason

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Tax and pay hikes to see UK firms pay £2,300 more per low-wage worker in 2025

Tax burden set to hit new record high, analysis suggests

The Independent UK

Tax and pay hikes to see firms pay £2,300 more per low-wage worker this year

It will cost an extra £2,367 to employ someone over 21 earning the minimum wage this year, analysis by the Centre for Policy Studies showed.

The Independent UK

New Laws In Effect For 2025 Include Minimum Wage Hikes

Explore the impact of new laws in 2025 on minimum wage, healthcare, and social issues in the U.S.

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2025 Minimum Wage: 21 States Have Increases – Is Yours On The List?

While the federal minimum wage lags behind, more workers will see better pay as states mandate higher hourly pay.

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Millions of Minimum Wage Workers Across the U.S. Will See Pay Increase Come January 2025: Who Qualifies

The minimum wage is set to rise across 21 states, and 48 cities and counties. 9.2 million minimum wage workers are set to see a pay increase in the new year.

Latin Times

2024: Big progressive wins in a bad year

Organizers tell Salon how they pulled off major victories in a year marked by the rise of the far-right

Salon

Waffle House Workers Say Owners Pocket Millions Through Wage Theft

Servers say the chain forces them to do janitorial work, dishwashing for lower tipped wages and robs them of up to $46.8 million.

Capital & Main

Minister defends Labour budget as Bank of England issues dire growth warning

Businesses have responded to Chancellor Rachel Reeves hiking the minimum wage and increasing National Insurance contributions by cutting jobs and raising prices

Evening Standard

No, California's $20 Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers Did Not Create Jobs

A University of California, Berkeley, study trumpeted in the media doesn't say what the press release claims.

Reason

Sen. Bernie Sanders Discusses President Biden's Pardoning Of Hunter Biden

Sen. Bernie Sanders discusses Biden potentially pardoning Hunter Biden, advocates for raising minimum wage, and praises Biden's progressive economic policies.

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£75m expansion fund for extra childcare places ahead of full rollout

But early years providers have warned that they could be forced to close as a result of national insurance and minimum wage rises in the Budget.

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Missouri Business Groups Sue To Stop Minimum Wage Increase

Missouri business groups challenge voter-approved law raising minimum wage and mandating paid sick leave, sparking legal battle.

The Independent UK

Missouri companies sue to stop a law that raises minimum wage and requires paid sick leave

Missouri business groups have filed a lawsuit to try to stop a voter-approved law that will raise the state’s minimum wage and require employers to give workers paid sick leave

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Mexico To Increase Minimum Wage By 12% In 2025

Mexico plans a 12% minimum wage increase for 2025, but peso devaluation offsets gains. Learn more about the wage hike and its implications.

The Guardian - AU

Grill’d was able to pay Arda $3 less than minimum wage. Unions want this youth ‘loophole’ abolished

Advocates argue it’s time for young people’s wages to rise but business groups claim paying more will push some companies into insolvency

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The Guardian - UK

Harvester and Toby Carvery owner says it will take £100m hit from tax changes

Mitchells & Butlers faces ‘cost headwinds’ because of rises in national minimum wage and employer NICs

Evening Standard

AO World boss warns over price increases to offset £8m Budget blow

The retailer estimates its wages bill will go up by £4 million due to the rise in NICs and another £4 million because of the minimum wage increase.

Reason

The New York Times Claimed D.C.'s Minimum Wage Hike Created Jobs. We Exposed Their Error.

The reporting was cited by One Fair Wage as proof that its policy worked.

Reason

Why These Workers Want a Lower Minimum Wage

Eliminating the tipped wage in Washington, D.C., has led to higher prices and fewer restaurant jobs.

International Business Times

California Becomes First State In Decades To Vote Down Minimum Wage Increase

California residents voted against raising the state's minimum wage to $18 an hour, marking the first such failure in the U.S. since 1996.

Latin Times

California Becomes First State in Decades to Vote Down Minimum Wage Increase

California residents voted against raising the state's minimum wage to $18 an hour, marking the first such failure in the U.S. since 1996.

The Guardian - US

California voters reject $18 minimum wage ballot measure

State narrowly votes against measure that would have benefited 2 million workers

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