TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Some say it’s almost impossible to find an affordable house in Florida. A new report from the National Low Income Housing Commission finds the average person working for minimum wage in Florida has to work around 100 hours per week to be able to afford a one bedroom home in the […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — It’s the start of a new month and for residents in Nevada, that means a minimum wage increase. “Everybody needs a raise,” Crown & Anchor Pub, General Manager, Art Christenson told 8 News Now. Nevada’s minimum wage is now up $12 an hour all thanks to an assembly bill signed into […]
A retired Harrison teacher and acclaimed sports announcer whose child pornography conviction got him removed from the Westchester Sports Hall of Fame is seeking the minimum five-year prison term when he is sentenced Tuesday in federal court. Richard Leaf, 76, apologized to former students and colleagues, his family, the teenagers he duped in online chat […]
Chicago’s minimum wage will get its annual increase Monday, when it will hit $16.20 for most workers across the city. Chicagoans familiar with the city’s minimum wage ordinance will notice two significant changes this year. First, the minimum wages for large and small businesses are now equal, not tiered. July 1 also marks the first […]
Domestic workers in Rhode Island will now be paid the state’s minimum wage under a bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Daniel McKee. Traditionally, domestic workers haven’t been given that protection as the Rhode Island minimum wage has increased because under state law, they weren’t considered employees. The new law eliminates that exception, specifically […]
California franchise owners and consumers are feeling the brunt of higher costs. After 30 years in business, McDonald’s franchisee and Rodrick Foods CEO Scott Rodrick had to make the difficult decision to not renew his lease at one of his McDonald’s (MCD) locations at a mall in San Francisco. “The unprecedented changes to the economic […]
It is very expensive to be poor in America. This paradox negatively impacts the lives of the approximately 40 million people in this country who fall under the federal government’s official poverty line – and the many millions more who are one paycheck, serious illness, or other unforeseen challenge away from joining that group. America’s […]
KYIV (Reuters) – New rules to prevent Ukranian agricultural exports below official minimum prices will start in August at the earliest, a senior agriculture ministry official said late on Wednesday. The new export price mechanism will apply to shipments of wheat, corn, sunflower oil, soybeans, rapeseed and some other agricultural commodities. Disruption due to the […]
At least four members of the Fort Worth City Council want the city to raise its employee minimum wage to $20 per hour. Council members Jared Williams, Chris Nettles, Elizabeth Beck and Jeanette Martinez voiced their support for the move at a budget work session Tuesday. They argued it is a small step toward making […]
Burger and fries on platter – Xijian/Getty Images In light of rising rent prices, greater cost of living expenses, and the widespread effects of inflation, it’s no wonder workers rights advocates have been pushing policymakers to raise the minimum wage. Some, at least, have heard their pleas. Last September, California governor Gavin Newsom signed a […]
People in California can expect to pay more for burgers and shakes at In-N-Out. On April 1, the Irvine-based fast food chain raised its prices across the Golden State in response to California’s new minimum wage increase for fast food workers, Chief Operating Officer Denny Warnick wrote Thursday in an email. The starting wage at […]
Fast food outlets in California, US [quick service restaurants, or QSRs] have slashed almost 10,000 jobs in response to the state’s newly implemented $20 minimum wage. The figure was released by the Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank affiliated with Stanford University, Fox 5 News has reported. The California Business and Industrial Alliance (CABIA) […]