SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California voters decided on 10 ballot measures including one that would turn some nonviolent crimes, ...

Here are some of the key measures voters were asked to consider: ...

Some red states approved ballot measures to raise the minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick time to their ...

The article was written by TRÂN NGUYỄN and SOPHIE AUSTIN The Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — ...

Why don’t we have a maximum wage? Asking that question is another way of asking why some people can rake in millions while others struggle to earn enough to eat. A maximum wage might be one way ...

Although women who lost or left their jobs at the height of the crisis have largely returned to the workforce, a recent finding points to the price many paid for stepping back: In 2023, the gender ...

The federal minimum wage reached its peak purchasing power in 1968 at $1.60 (around $14.50 in 2023) and was last increased to $7.25 in 2009. It has not kept up with inflation and has not been ...

A maximum wage can be contrasted with a minimum wage or the price floor imposed on what employers can pay their workers. The maximum wage is the most compensation that a firm can pay a worker over ...

Half of the eight battleground states in this year's U.S. presidential election use the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, a rate that hasn't changed since 2009 despite a 47% surge in the cost ...

Living in California is expensive right now. Our minimum wage is $16 per hour. Prop 32 would raise that to $18 by 2026 across the state to cover basic needs. In the cheapest county in California ...

Bernie Sanders, the Left-wing Vermont senator, pushed to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 during his presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020. He has since increased his demands to $17.