Fast food workers in California are facing job cuts as many restaurants, especially pizza places, are getting ready for a new law that raises the minimum wage to $20 next week. According to The Wall Street Journal, lots of these restaurants are planning to let go of hundreds of workers, …

The arrival of the upcoming year is only a few weeks from now with numerous laws coming into force for the people of Illinois. Throughout the year, Governor J.B. Pritzker has approved various bills, with certain laws becoming effective immediately, while others are scheduled to start on January 1, 2024. …

McDonald’s and Chipotle are raising prices in California following Governor Gavin Newsom’s approval of a fast-food worker wage increase. Earlier this week, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski announced the price hike, but the exact increased costs for food across the state remain unspecified. Chipotle, following McDonald’s lead, plans to increase prices …

California has passed a new law guaranteeing fast-food workers a minimum wage of $20 per hour and giving them a stronger voice in setting workplace standards. During an event in Los Angeles, Governor Gavin Newsom emphasized California’s role as a pioneer, saying, “The future happens here first.” The legislation resulted …

Friday, a New York state judge ruled in favor of three big food delivery companies and a local company after they sued to block a new law in NYC that would have increased the minimum wage for delivery drivers who work for apps like Uber Eats or Postmates to almost …

Unions representing Walt Disney World workers reached a tentative agreement with the company that sees workers receiving a $3-an-hour raise by the end of the year. That takes the starting minimum wage at the company from $15 to $18. After rejecting an earlier offer that would give them an initial $1-an-hour raise, …

Effective on New Year’s Day, 41 cities across the U.S. will be raising their minimum wage. California, whose statewide minimum wage is already at $15, will increase to $15.50. However, 28 cities in the state are raising their minimum wage even higher. One of those cities is Cupertino, where the …

Verizon is increasing its minimum wage to $20 for current and new employees. Customer service, retail and inside sales workers at Verizon are all about to get a boost in their paychecks, as the phone and communications company just announced that it will be increasing workers’ wages to $20. In …

CVS has announced that it will raise its minimum wage for hourly employees to $15 from $11 by the summer of 2022. This pledge makes them the latest large US chain to offer a $15 starting rate as companies compete in the tight job market. The company has nearly 300,000 …

President Joe Biden is moving to increase the hourly wages of hundreds of thousands of federal employees after his push for a $15 federal minimum wage failed. Today, Biden is expected to sign an executive order requiring employers to pay a $15 minimum wage to employees covered by federal contracts. …

On Tuesday, Democrats in the House and the Senate reintroduced a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). “No person in America can make it on $8, $10 or $12 an hour.” Many lawmakers do not support the increase, believing that increasing …

It’s nice to see a president working for the people. President-elect Joe Biden revealed a proposal that he will call on Congress to increase America’s federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. The current rate is $7.25 per hour and has not been raised since 2009, CNBC News reports. The …

New Year, and possibly new minimum wage. In 2020, employees in about 24 states will receive a raise in the minimum wage. According to CBS News, on Jan. 1, or around that time, the minimum wage will increase in 21 states, with another 26 cities and counties also raising their …

Hobby Lobby announced Tuesday that workers will see a bump in the company’s minimum full-time hourly wage come January 1, 2022. The retailer will be increasing pay for full-time workers by $1.50 over last year’s increase, totaling $18.50. Hobby Lobby set a minimum hourly wage well above the federal minimum …

New York City’s Wage Transparency Law is set to take effect starting next week. On November 1st, job-seeking in NYC will become a little easier. The city’s Wage Transparency Law will require employers to disclose the minimum and maximum pay in all job listings. The law applies to business owners and …

Several Mississippi Wingstop locations owned by the family of Rick Ross have been hit with hefty fines for illegally deducting money from employee wages. The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division says the chicken restaurants operating under Boss Wing Enterprises forced their workers to pay for safety training, background …

A San Francisco franchise group that operated multiple Burger King locations now owes $1.9 million in a massive wage theft case. Between 2016 and 2019, Golden Gate Restaurant Group operated five Burger King locations in The Golden City, though they ran over a dozen in the Bay Area. The owner, …

In nearly 300 cities across the country, low wage workers have organized a walk out from their jobs. The protests serve as a basis for fast-food workers, among many others, to demand $15-per-hour payments for their work. The movement, known as #fightfor15 , is a self-proclaimed fight against “poverty wages.” …

Chipotle’s founder is in the process of launching a new startup that aims to offer plant-based sandwiches in eateries run by automated systems and minimal staff. According to The Wall Street Journal, Steve Ells has scheduled the opening of a restaurant chain named “Kernel,” with the inaugural establishment anticipated to …

A judge has ruled that New York City can move forward with raising the minimum wage for food delivery drivers to $18. Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne ruled that drivers could now get a pay boost. Delivery companies Uber, Grubhub, and DoorDash have fought against the pay increase. In …