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.
June 17, 2021
ROC’s Long History of Controversy Gets Even Longer
June 10, 2021
Raising PA’s Minimum Wage to $15 Would Kill Over 143,000 Jobs
Since U.S. Senators voted against a federal $15 minimum wage, Pennsylvania lawmakers have ramped up a push to raise the state minimum wage to $15, headed by…
June 4, 2021
A State of the States on the $15 Minimum Wage
The national push to establish a federal $15 minimum wage awaits Democrats’ negotiations over the American Jobs Plan and decisions over how to use a reconciliation process to pass key…
May 26, 2021
Dear Sens. Romney and Sinema: An $11 Minimum Wage Can Still Have Severe Consequences
Last week, Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) presented a long-promised minimum wage “compromise” plan to the “Gang of 20” — a bipartisan group of senators looking to…
May 21, 2021
Connecticut’s “Fair Work Week” Law Actually Threatens Workers’ Flexibility and Jobs
Predictive scheduling laws are nothing new – Chicago, New York City, Oregon state, San Francisco, and Seattle have all tried them. Connecticut is one step closer to joining them. In…