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Minimum wage to increase – but it still falls short of the Living Wage

THE minimum wage will rise to £12.21 an hour next year after the Chancellor confirmed a 6.7 per cent increase ahead of Wednesday’s Budget.

The National (Scotland)

Boost for hourly workers as minimum wage to increase by up to £2,500 a year

The National Living Wage will increase from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour from April 2025

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves hands low-paid a £1,400 boost as minimum wage to rise by 6.7%

The chancellor will increase the measure, also known as the national living wage, from £11.44 per hour to £12.21 from April

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Minimum wage to rise 6.7% as Chancellor plots path to ‘genuine living wage’

Wages will rise for 3.5 million workers, but the Low Pay Commission warned businesses were beginning to struggle with large increases.

Evening Standard

Reeves: Budget will end ‘neglect’ of NHS but turnaround will take time

The Chancellor is expected to pump billions of pounds into the health service.

Evening Standard

Boost for low-paid as minimum wage set to rise by 6% in Budget

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to announce the inflation-busting hike when she delivers her first financial statement

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves expected to raise national minimum wage by 6% in 2025

Above-inflation increase would give pay rise to more than 1 million low-paid workers

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Budget will end NHS ‘neglect’ but improvement will take time, ministers warn

Rachel Reeves said the Budget alone may not be enough to turn the NHS around while Health Secretary Wes Streeting said ‘real change takes time’.

Evening Standard

Kamala Harris Backs Minimum Wage Increase

Vice President Kamala Harris supports raising federal minimum wage to /hr, contrasting with Trump's stance. Debate over wage hike continues.

Top News

The hypocrisy of Trump's McDonald's gig

The former president calls working at McDonald's "beautiful" while undermining workers’ rights

Salon

Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide

Voters in Arizona and Massachusetts are set to decide whether employers should be able to continue to pay tipped workers such as servers and bartenders a lower minimum wage than non-tipped workers

The Independent UK

Raising California’s Minimum Wage Has Not Cost Jobs

Ahead of a ballot measure to add $2 to the hourly minimum wage, studies show fast food jobs increased after the state bumped hourly pay to $20 in that sector.

Capital & Main

From the ‘cliff edge’ to the DWP: what will UK carer’s allowance review look at?

Review called after revelation that thousands of unpaid carers have been forced to repay accidental overpayments

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The Independent UK

California health care workers get a pay bump under a new minimum wage law

Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California are getting a pay bump under a state law

The Independent UK

Should California's minimum wage be $18? Voters will soon decide

Voters will decide whether California should raise its minimum wage to $18 an hour, which would put it at the highest in the United States

The Guardian - UK

New UK laws to stop repeat of P&O mass sackings scandal go before parliament

Labour clamps down on poor working conditions at sea with laws on collective dismissal and minimum wage on cross-Channel ferries

Salon

Self-service kiosks and us

The technology, long vilified, has largely reassigned human jobs within the retail and restaurant spaces

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Statewide Ballot Measures Surge In 2024, Voters To Decide On Record Number‌ ‌

From abortion rights to minimum wage hikes, key trends in state ballot measures as voters face crucial decisions.‌ ‌

Zenger

Record 160 Statewide Ballot Measures In 2024: Voters To Decide On Key Issues Including Abortion

2024 sees highest number of state ballot measures since 2018, covering abortion rights, noncitizen voting, minimum wage, and more.‌

Zenger

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Moves Minimum Wage Initiative To Primary Ballot‌ ‌

State Question 832, proposing wage increases, set for June 16, 2026 election; challenges and changes in initiative detailed.‌

The Independent UK

Oklahoma governor delays vote on minimum wage hike until 2026

Oklahomans will have a chance to vote on whether to steadily increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour, but not until 2026

International Business Times

Bank Of America Raises Minimum Wage To $24 An Hour

Bank Of America raised its minimum hourly wage to $24 an hour.

The Conversation

Minimum wage increases are important, but workers deserve more

This fall, several provinces across Canada are scheduled to increase their minimum wages. These provincial adjustments follow the federal government’s decision to raise the federal minimum wage to $17.30 back in April.

Fortune

Bank of America raises minimum wage to $24, even as workforce shrinks

The second-largest bank in America how pays employees at least $24 an hour.

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