minimum wage

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Enrollees are paid the highest of the state, federal or local minimum wage and work an average of 20 hours per week.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Ramaphosa explained how unscrupulous employers pay undocumented migrants well below the minimum wage and "merely" pay a fine if caught.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

A year ago Mayor Karen Bass signed an ordinance raising the city’s minimum wage for hotel workers to $30 an hour in July 2028—timed to coincide with the L.A.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

When business leaders were frustrated over the passage of a $30-per-hour minimum wage for hotel workers, Bass brokered a meeting with them and Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, he said in December.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

This seems to be no longer true, for government agencies channel only as many laborers as are needed, and some kind of minimum wage is maintained.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck