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

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

But he said too many carers across the country were not being paid for their travel time and this risked pushing their hourly rate below the national minimum wage.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

He has also promised to build on Petro's legacy of increasing the minimum wage, raising education spending and transferring land to poor communities.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

While luxury stores, miraculous finance companies, exotic restaurants, and import business were flourishing, the unemployed lined up outside factory gates waiting for a chance to work at the minimum wage.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende