minimum wage

Workers earning minimum wage in 23 states and the District of Columbia got a raise over the New Year's holiday, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

The CEO of one of Ohio’s largest employers, JP Morgan Chase, talked taxes and future trends with members of the state’s largest business lobbying group, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

Advocates for the poor say the increase does little to help working, low-income Ohioans.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) says he’s confident the minimum wage will be raised quickly and substantially, even though a provision to hike it to $15 an…

The Senate will debate a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill and aim to pass it using a process that avoids a Republican filibuster. A battle over efforts to raise the minimum wage still splits Democrats.

Backers of the president's ambitious stimulus plan say it will help struggling families and businesses, but critics say it goes too far.

President Biden pledged that equal pay, paid family leave and affordable child care will be at the forefront of his administration's work. He's creating a Gender Policy Council to take these on.

Some experts say such a small increase will have close to no impact on low-wage workers.

A 1938 law created "exploitative and discriminatory" job programs and should be phased out, marking a new milestone in the debate over "sheltered workshops," the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says.

The company is making permanent a $2 bonus it created during the pandemic, as many retailers have been phasing out "hazard pay." Target previously planned to raise its pay minimum by the end of 2020.