Minimum Wage

A group of families in Massachusetts is fighting a recent court ruling that found that au pairs should be treated as employees entitled to minimum wage.

An estimated 1.3 million workers will now qualify for overtime pay.

The ratio of unemployed people to job openings is less than 1-to-1, compared to a decade ago, when it was 6-to-1.

Across the country, the number of cities and counties with a minimum pay rate of at least $15 will almost double.

San Francisco will have the highest in the country – at $16.61.

Original Perry's owner Paul Fraga said he doesn't think the minimum wage increase in California is helping his employees "at all."

"We’re losing jobs, we’re losing hours, we’re losing tipped income and it’s not good," Full Service Workers Alliance co-founded Simone Barron told FOX Business' Stuart Varney.

Entry-level workers will see higher earnings more than a year ahead of schedule.

Nearly half of full-service restaurants surveyed said they will cut jobs in 2019 because of $15 an hour minimum wage.

The Shoprite location in West Hartford will be closing just before Thanksgiving due to increasing minimum wage hikes and regulations.

Citigroup became the latest big bank to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour.

'Local state governments that really understand the economics of their state,” said Ed Rensi.

American companies are feeling the heat from rising wages and be forced to take action.

The minimum wage increase is creating an unintended consequence for small businesses and is forcing one restaurant owner to potentially hike its prices.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., recently called for a federal minimum wage hike to $20 per hour.

The minimum wage fight continues as a Seattle firm says high wages were a major reason for filing bankruptcy.

The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

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The CBO estimated the Raise the Wage Act could eliminate as many as 3.7 million jobs.

Minority Whip Steve Scalise said the proposal should be alarming to Americans that hope to become part of the middle class.