Key Takeaways Raising the minimum wage might increase the number of “good jobs” that provide solid benefits, reasonable ...

The federal minimum wage has not increased in over 15 years. The federal and state minimum wages are both $7.25 an hour, ...

Discover what the minimum wage was the year you were born — and how much that paycheck would be worth today after decades of ...

Beyond that, the minimum wage is a crude and wasteful tool for redistribution. Many minimum-wage workers are not poor, but ...

After California's $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers went into effect in April, some economists expected affected restaurants to cut jobs. So what actually happened? They not only added workers ...

The government has just announced that minimum wage rates will increase next year. From April, workers over 21 will see a 4.1 ...

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