#minimum-wage

#minimum-wage

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The thinktank argues that scrapping youth minimum wage tiers could risk "pricing out" young people from entry-level roles at a time when employers are already scaling back hiring due to rising labour costs.

Almost 500 firms have been fined by the government for failing to pay some of their staff the minimum wage. Centrica, which owns British Gas, Holland & Barrett and EG Group are among the 491 employers named by The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) for underpaying their workers over several years. The companies will pay a fine amounting to a combined 10.2 million as a result of breaking the rules.

Immigration Enforcement officers visited the shop on July 26 2023 and found that a male individual was working illegally, without a right to live or work in the UK. In December 2024, under its current owners, offices found a woman working illegally. During her interviews with the Home Office, she told officers that she worked around 40 to 45 hours per week, and was paid 9 per hour, which was below the 11.44 minimum wage.

The business group looking to repeal a $30 per hour minimum wage for Los Angeles hotel and airport workers failed to secure enough signatures to qualify the proposal for the ballot, city officials said Monday. The L.A. Alliance for Tourism, Jobs and Progress had been hoping to persuade voters to repeal the wage ordinance approved by the City Council four months ago. The referendum needed about 93,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot but fell short by about 9,000, according to a statement from interim City Clerk Petty Santos.

The findings, released in the British Journal of Industrial Relations on Monday, suggest that, since 2004, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) had failed to properly account for the fact that it received more data from larger employers, when it reported its annual survey of hours and earnings (Ashe). It meant the survey gave undue weighting to large businesses, where pay was higher and the difference in pay between men and women was generally smaller.

The ultra-luxurious Santa Monica Proper hotel has been accused of failing to pay its employees minimum wage and, in some cases, paying them less per hour than it charges guests for a bowl of hummus.

That's why it's called the MINIMUM wage. If jobs are difficult or require experience, then they get paid more than that. They make it sound like these employees will suddenly be living in the lap of luxury at $31,200 a year. If your rent is $1,000 (the national average is $1,700), that leaves you with only $19,000 to live on for the whole year before taxes. That doesn't count food, cars, clothes, insurance, phones, etc....

"We understand the Government's objective of fair pay, but you can only have fair pay if you have a job that actually pays," Nicholls said. "Now is not the time to make big jumps in employment costs."

I honestly don't believe that companies and small businesses should be deterred from employing people. The national insurance rise was one that could have been held back, particularly given the state of the economy.

"It's a damning indictment of representative democracy when elected officials are scared of the will of their own voters," said Alexis Magnan-Callaw.

The primarily online maternity fashion brand, Seraphine, going into administration is a reminder that it's not just high street retailers struggling with higher staffing costs due to the Government's tax and employment policies.

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed a repeal of a law guaranteeing paid sick leave and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage, signaling a victory for business groups and a setback for workers' rights advocates.

"We continue to be the only country on Earth where tips replace wages completely. In most of the world, the idea of tips being a replacement for wages is absurd."

Workers in about 15 locations nationwide are about to receive a boost in their paychecks, thanks to minimum wage increases that went into effect this week around the country.

As of July 1, 2025, several Bay Area cities will see significant minimum wage increases, with San Francisco’s rising to $19.18 and Sonoma County’s reaching $23.15.