What is the minimum wage?
The minimum wage is the starting hourly wage an employer can pay an employee for work. Currently, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour (part of the Fair Labor Standards Act). Some states and cities have raised their minimum wage higher than that. In most instances, the higher of the prevailing minimum wage requirements is binding for employers.
May 10, 2024
EPI Warns California: West Hollywood is A Cautionary Tale On Sky-High Minimum Wages
This week, One Fair Wage organizers called for California to make the $20 minimum wage currently just for fast food employees apply statewide. Yet the group’s demands don’t line up…
May 3, 2024
CA Service Charge Ban Will Only Exacerbate Existing Pain for Restaurants
This week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta appeared to settle a months-long debate over whether or not restaurants will be subject to a newly enacted law banning “junk fees.” Bonta’s…
April 26, 2024
Oklahoma $15 Wage Ballot Measure Could Kill Over 12,000 Jobs
After a delay in the state courts, an Oklahoma ballot proposal for a statewide $15 minimum wage has received a green light to move forward. The measure requires roughly 92,000…
April 16, 2024
New England Data Suggests Rhode Island Should Maintain Its Current Tip Credit
Economic analysis spanning decades of data shows raising tipped minimum wage requirements (slashing tip credits) brings consequences for servers’ and bartenders’ jobs and income, and restaurants’ ability to keep their…