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Healthcare & LaborDepending on where you clock in, the minimum wage in New York ranges from $16.00 to $17.00 per hour, set by a two-zone structure that completed its final scheduled $0.50 increase on January 1, 2026, and will hand future adjustments to an inflation formula in 2027.
A federal judge issued a permanent injunction on July 20, 2026, barring New York State from enforcing a 2025 law that expanded the state labor board's authority over private-sector workplace disputes, ruling that federal law grants the National Labor Relations Board exclusive jurisdiction over such
Healthcare & LaborNew York State's minimum wage operates through a geographic tier system that splits the state into two wage zones, schedules $0.50 annual increases through 2026, and then hands rate-setting to an inflation index in 2027.
Union OrganizingWestJet and the Canadian Union of Public Employees local 8125 reached a tentative labor agreement at 4:15 a.m. Mountain time Monday, ending a strike by the airline's flight attendants that had suspended WestJet's 737 and 787 operations since just after midnight Sunday, according to Global News.
Healthcare & LaborUnlike 30 states that set independent minimum wage floors above the federal rate, Texas adopted the federal number by reference and then built a legal architecture that prevents any city or county from going higher. The result: the minimum wage in Texas has been $7.
Healthcare & LaborThe US minimum wage in Texas is $7.25 per hour, identical to the federal floor set under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and unchanged since July 24, 2009.
Uber and organized labor testified in mid-July before the Washington, D.C. Council in opposition to rapid autonomous vehicle deployment, forming an unlikely alliance in a city where 35,000 gig drivers make up 9% of the workforce, according to CNBC.
Labor Policy & LawConstitutional Amendment II-34a, passed by Ohio voters in 2006, removed the state legislature from the annual minimum wage decision entirely.
Attending physicians at the University of California health system launched a union organizing campaign on July 31 that organizers describe as the largest effort among attending doctors in the United States, according to an announcement reported by The Daily Californian.
Labor Policy & LawAB 1228, SB 525, Labor Code Section 1182.12, and at least 38 local ordinances all set binding minimum wages in California, and the highest rate that applies to a given worker is the one the employer must pay.
Healthcare & LaborCalifornia's minimum wage is a formula-driven system that recalculates every January 1 based on changes in the Consumer Price Index, capped at 3.5% annually. The statewide floor rose from $16.00 per hour in 2024 to $16.
The UK Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Home Office must explicitly state which legal provision an employer violated when issuing civil penalties for right-to-work breaches, overturning a £15,000 fine against Akbar's Restaurants after justices found the penalty notice invalid.
