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It’s been 15 years since the federal minimum wage was last increased in 2009. With a decade and a half of no increase, the U.S. has endured the longest period in its history of no change to the minimum wage....
On January 1, 2024, 22 states increased their minimum wages as a result of legislative action or inflation adjustments. Nearly 10 million workers are expected to receive more than $6 billion in additional wages from these state minimum wage increases....
The Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed increasing the salary threshold for exempt employees to $1,057 per week from the current threshold of $684 per week, which was implemented in 2020. The proposed increase would mean that more employees will...
The federal government’s proposed Raise the Wage Act would increase the national minimum wage to $15 per hour. While proponents believe that a $15 per hour minimum wage would lift nearly 1 million people out of poverty, others say that...