BUSINESS establishments are hoping President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will declare in his upcoming State of the Nation Address (Sona) that he does not favor any more legislated wage hikes in the future ...

When the minimum wage does not go up, it goes down in buying power. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour ...

This week, readers consider social media platforms’ role in worsening student mental health and if Hong Kong’s minimum wage ...

The minimum wage is falling further and further behind the rising cost of living. The federal minimum wage peaked in buying ...

Twenty states have minimum wages no higher than the $7.25 federal level: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, ...

In several states, a renter has to make $20 or more an hour to afford apartments being leased at Fair Market Value. Nearly ...

The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) will begin a nationwide protest on August 6, 2025, over withheld salaries ...

As employment ticked up in other states, the California law transferred wealth from fast food workers who lost their jobs to ...

By introducing legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is demonstrating ...

Gale Street Inn has been a Chicago hot spot since 1963, but it abruptly closed down in June after more than 60 years in ...

Organised labour under the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ogun State has commenced an indefinite strike over the government’s failure ...

In an era of unprecedented economic growth and corporate profitability, millions of workers worldwide still struggle to make ends meet.  The concept of a living wage, a remuneration that enables ...