Northerners working for the minimum wage are set to get a government mandated raise this September as the GNWT has announced an increase to the minimum wage.

Washington, D.C. will raise its minimum by 45 cents to $17.95 an hour due to an automatic inflation adjustment, impacting an estimated 62,200 workers, or 7.5 percent of the city's workforce. The average worker there will earn about $727 more per year.

The Longmont City Council spent Tuesday evening reviewing economic data and discussing the logistics of a community feedback event aimed at gathering input from businesses and workers who would be

Our nation’s paltry federal minimum wage of just $7.25 hourly is rightly criticized as far too little to sustain a worker, let alone a family, in 2025. That’s bad enough, but did you know that there’s an even lower floor for workers who receive tips on the job?

Saskatchewan's minimum wage is increasing to $15.35 per hour starting in October, which could break a tie with Alberta for the lowest rate in the country.

Nearly two dozen states, cities and local municipalities will see some form of a minimum wage increase starting July 1.

Los Angeles’ minimum wage hike for workers in the tourism industry could potentially do more harm than good. In May,

Los Angeles hotel operators are fighting a $30 minimum wage hike that was passed by the city council, amid a struggle with “profitability.”

Organizers of an Aug. 14 “fishbowl” event will invite employers and employees to participate in a structured discussion about the potential impacts of raising the minimum wage within Longmont city limits.

The Chicago minimum wage applies to any employer with 4 or more employees. At the same time, the minimum wage for tipped workers, such as restaurant servers, bartenders, bussers and runners, will increase from $11.02 to $12.62 - the largest annual raise in city history, according to a press release by One Fair Wage.

California implemented a new minimum wage of $20 per hour for certain workers in the fast food sector This measure, driven by AB 1228, represents a milestone in