Although most minimum wage changes for individual states and smaller municipalities (cities, townships, etc) are designated to change on January 1st, there are a few changes that go into effect later in the year. Here…
April 3, 2016 The New York State legislature announced on Friday, April 1st, that they passed legislation to increase the Minimum wage in the state to 15 dollars an hour, from its current level…
Sacramento, California (April 3, 2016) Governor Jerry Brown of California and state labor leaders announced legislation to increase the states minimum wage from its current rate of $10 per hour to $15 per hour by…
(April 3rd, 2016) In a major victory for the fight for the 15 dollar an hour minimum wage movement, two of the most populous states in the nation have moved to increase their states minimum wage….
With California and Massachusetts leading the way in the march to a $15.00 per hour minimum wage, 14 states have raised their minimum wage to start the New Year. Of the 14 states, 2 states,…
(Portland, Maine and Tacoma Washington, November 3, 2015) Both cities, Portland, Maine and Tacoma Washington, had ballot initiatives this election day with very different results. Both initiatives had aimed at raising the minimum wage to…
Tallahassee, Florida October 4, 2015 Last week twenty state Democratic legislators took the Minimum wage challenge in the state of Florida. The twenty lawmakers attempted to live on the Florida minimum wage ($8.05 per hour)…
(St. Louis, Missouri, August 28, 2015) St. Louis has now joined several other municipalities including Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and New York by raising their minimum wage above both the federal and…
New York, August 12, 2015 With the recent rise of minimum wage above the federal minimum wage by cities and localities, it is feared that without stronger enforcement many workers will be cheated out of…
(Los Angeles, California, July 21, 2015) The Los Angeles county board of supervisors has just agreed to draft a proposal to increase the minimum wage in Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous county, to…