Following the recent announcement of the new national minimum wage increase, we discuss how this wage is to be calculated and how it may affect employees who are not full-time employees, particularly ...

Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.

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In New York City, a family needs to make over $330,000 a year — the equivalent of 10 minimum wage jobs — to afford the average cost of child care for a single 2-year-old. During his successful bid for ...

A German proposal to unite the EU's six largest countries confronts a Union paralysed by the dominance of its smallest members.

A $25 per hour minimum wage? The nation's highest rate could be in Maryland, if a new bill passes. Here's what we know.

Lawmakers in Maryland are debating a proposed change to the state’s minimum wage that could mean more money in workers’ pockets.

A raise could be on the way for hardworking Virginians.

The COO and the director of Fort Lauderdale’s Tripp Scott law firm laud a bill in the Florida Legislature that would allow paying below minimum wage for “work-based learning ...

FLORIDA — Starting Tuesday, Florida workers will see a pay increase. The state's minimum wage is going up again as part of a gradual plan voters approved to reach $15 an hour. Florida's minimum wage ...