Labor Policy & LawMaryland Minimum Wage 2024: Complete Guide
Maryland's minimum wage is $15.00 per hour for every employer in the state, regardless of business size, a rate that took effect January 1, 2024 under the Fair Wage Act of 2023.
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Labor Policy & LawNLRB: What Employers and Employees Need to Know
The National Labor Relations Board is the independent federal agency that decides whether your employer broke the law when it fired you for talking about wages, interrogated you about a union meeting, or refused to bargain after workers voted to organize.
Labor Policy & LawMinimum Wage in Colorado: 2024 Rates & Changes
Amendment 42, approved by Colorado voters in 2006, turned the state's minimum wage into a self-adjusting constitutional provision indexed to the Consumer Price Index for the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro area.
Truck Drivers Rally Against Federal Wage-Theft Enforcement That Targets Workers Instead of Employers
Truck drivers rallied outside the Etobicoke office of Secretary of State for Labour John Zerucelli on September 12, demanding the federal government redirect enforcement of wage-theft laws away from workers and toward the employers violating Canada Labour Code protections, according to Justice for T
Healthcare & LaborState of Missouri Minimum Wage: 2024 Guide
The state of Missouri minimum wage is set through voter-approved ballot initiatives rather than ordinary legislation, a mechanism that carried the rate to $12.30 per hour in 2024 and will push it to $15.00 by January 2026.
Union OrganizingDutch Employers Push to Shift 2027 Bargaining Focus From Wages to Training; Union Demands 5.5% Hike
Dutch employers' associations announced Friday they will push to redirect 2027 collective bargaining negotiations away from wage increases toward investments in training and artificial intelligence, arguing that productivity gains must precede higher pay.
Workers & the EconomyCalifornia Minimum Wage 2025: What's Changed
Three separate legal floors governed what California employers owed their workers during 2025: a $16.50 statewide baseline, a $20.00 fast-food sector rate, and a healthcare scale climbing as high as $23.00 per hour at large hospital systems.
Trump Administration Proposes Ending Federal Workers' Right to Impartial Discrimination Hearings
The Trump administration has proposed eliminating the automatic right for more than 2 million federal and D.C.
Workers & the EconomyNorth Carolina Minimum Wage: 2024 Guide
North Carolina's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, locked to the federal floor under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and it hasn't moved by a single penny since July 24, 2009.
Victoria Set to Pass Australia's First Work-From-Home Rights Law Amid Business Opposition
Victoria's parliament is expected to pass legislation this week establishing a statutory right for employees to work from home up to two days weekly, making it the first Australian state to guarantee remote work access despite fierce opposition from major business groups threatening legal challenges