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State Minimum Wage Hike Ballot Measures Show Mixed Results
Missouri and Alaska voters approved bumps to $15 an hour, while a Californa propsoal to go to $18 failed. Increases for tipped workers were voted down in Massachusetts and Arizona.Business - Inc. - 3 days ago -
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The Budget: NHS, Wages and Farms
How are these areas impacted by the Budget?Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
UK wage growth falls to 4.9%
Data for three months to August adds to evidence that pay pressures are easingBusiness - Financial Times - October 15 -
Fair-Wage Advocate Lilly Ledbetter Dies at 86
Her fight for equal wages inspired the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.World - The Wall Street Journal - October 14 -
Interest rate cut hopes raised as wage growth slows
Expectations of a rate cut next month increase as pay growth slows to its lowest rate for more than two years.Top stories - BBC News - October 15 -
Boeing, Union Reach Wage Deal to End Strike
The Jet maker and machinists union reach a tentative deal, including an offer of a 35% wage increase, to end a strike that halted most of the company’s production.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 19 -
What is the Real Living Wage and what is it worth?
The Real Living Wage is going up, six months after National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates rose.Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
Why are climate battles being waged at the state level?
Greenhouse gases aren’t confined by borders.Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
Minimum wage to rise to £12.21 an hour next year
The National Living Wage will rise by 77p from £11.44 per hour for workers over the age of 21.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
Workers warned Budget tax rises will hit their wages
Economists say tax rises in the Budget will mean employers have less to give as pay rises.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
The Anti-DEI Influencer Waging War on Lowe’s and Ford
From his home in Tennessee, the social media rabble-rouser Robby Starbuck is waging war on “woke” policies at places like Lowe’s and Ford. His timing is impeccable.Business - The New York Times - November 1 -
Mendy entitled to majority of unpaid Man City wages
Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy should have been paid when he was not in custody, an employment tribunal judge rules.Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
Bolt drivers win right to holiday and minimum wage
Thousands of drivers on ride-hailing and food delivery app Bolt have won a legal claim to be classed as workers.Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
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Reeves signals hike in National Insurance for firms
The chancellor was speaking at the government's International Investment Summit, where deals worth £63bn were hailed.Top stories - BBC News - October 14 -
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Hunt warns that Reeves will ‘trash’ economy with business tax hikes
Shadow chancellor says he rejected Treasury advice to raise employers’ national insurance paymentsWorld - Financial Times - October 22 -
Chancellor set to hike employers' National Insurance to raise £20bn
Rachel Reeves is also expected to lower the threshold for when employers start paying the tax, in next week's Budget.Top stories - BBC News - October 26 -
Treasury must compensate Scotland for tax hike - Robison
The Scottish finance secretary has warned a rise in National Insurance could cost the government £500m.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
GPs demand protection from Budget tax hike
GPs are warning that a rise to National Insurance from next April could force them to cut staff.Top stories - BBC News - November 1 -
Reeves 'not immune' to criticism over NI hike
The chancellor defends the rise in employer contributions telling BBC public finances had to be strengthened.Top stories - BBC News - 6 days ago -
'Conversation' will take place on tax hike compensation - Sarwar
The Scottish Labour leader says discussions will involve the chief secretary to the Treasury and the Scottish governmentTop stories - BBC News - 6 days ago -
Oil Jumps as OPEC+ Further Delays Output Hike
Oil prices rose after OPEC and its allies pushed back a planned production increase by a month, signaling caution amid growing concerns about weaker global demand and lower prices.World - The Wall Street Journal - 5 days ago -
The Papers: Kate 'back on duty' and tax hike 'backlash'
The Princess of Wales' return to public duties and reaction to tax hikes unveiled in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget feature on several of Sunday's front pages.Top stories - BBC News - 1 hour ago -
Gender wage gap widens for the first time in 20 years
Pay gap between men and women working full-time widened in 2023 for first time in 20 years, USCB data shows.Top stories - CBS News - October 16 -
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Boeing and union reach tentative wage deal to end strike
Boeing and its machinists union have reached a tentative agreement that could end a strike that has halted most production in the past month.Business - MarketWatch - October 21 -
Russian ambassador accuses UK of waging proxy war in Ukraine
Andrei Kelin says by providing weapons Britain is ‘killing Russian soldiers and civilians’. Moscow’s ambassador to London has said the UK is waging a proxy war against Russia, while predicting the ...World - The Guardian - October 20 -
2 States to Vote on Lower Minimum Wage Rate for Tipped Workers
Massachusetts and Arizona plan ballot measures that could eliminate the subminimum wage paid to many workers in the restaurant and hospitality industries.Business - Inc. - October 21 -
McDonald's is the latest battlefield in a campaign fight to reach low-wage voters
Donald Trump’s campaign event Sunday at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania highlighted his battle with Kamala Harris to court a coveted group of working-class voters who have the potential to decide the ...Top stories - NBC News - October 21 -
In some battleground states, low-wage workers keep losing ground
Workers in four battleground states earn the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Labor advocates say that's a recipe for poverty.Top stories - CBS News - October 24