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Labor Policy & LawThe federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. That rate has been frozen since July 24, 2009, making it the longest period without an increase since the FLSA became law in 1938.
Labor Policy & LawGeorgia's minimum wage operates through a two-tier legal structure: the state sets one rate at $5.15 per hour, the federal government enforces a higher rate at $7.25, and which number appears on your paycheck depends entirely on whether your employer falls under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Union OrganizingA coalition of Missouri labor unions and reproductive rights organizations announced a $1 million campaign in August 2026 targeting Republican state legislators who voted to repeal the state's paid sick leave requirement, according to the Missouri Independent.
Workers & the EconomyOnly two U.S. states maintain a minimum wage below the federal floor of $7.25 per hour: Georgia and Wyoming. Georgia's rate, $5.15 an hour and frozen since 1999, ranks among the lowest statutory wage floors in the country. But that $5.
Teamsters California filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles in August 2026, challenging the agency's decision to lift restrictions on heavy autonomous trucks and alleging regulators bypassed required economic impact analysis before approving rules that could affect more
Labor Policy & LawWashington's minimum wage is set by an automatic annual formula tied to the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), making it one of the few state wage floors in the country that rises without requiring new legislation each cycle. The 2024 rate of $16.
Current and former employees of Little Angels Day Care Center rallied outside the Far North Side facility on August 27, 2026, demanding more than $24,000 in unpaid wages they say the business has withheld from seven workers over multiple pay periods, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Workplace SafetyUnder the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, every employer in the state owes adult workers at least $15.00 per hour, the final step of a six-year phased increase that reached its target on January 1, 2025.
Chief executives at the 100 S&P 500 corporations with the lowest median worker pay earned 614 times more than their typical employee in 2025, according to an analysis published August 27 by the Institute for Policy Studies. The average CEO compensation among these firms reached $17.
Healthcare & LaborArizona's state minimum wage in 2024 is $14.35 per hour, set by an automatic inflation-adjustment formula that voters embedded in state law through Proposition 206 in 2016.
Taylor Farms, North America's largest salad producer, failed to submit federally required workplace injury reports for at least four facilities where workers suffered fatal or serious injuries in recent years, according to a Reuters analysis of federal records published August 26.
Workers & the EconomyThe gap between the highest and lowest minimum wage rate inside New Jersey's own borders is $9.87 per hour. Standard employees at businesses with six or more workers earn $15.92, while tipped workers receive a cash wage of just $6.05 (with a tip credit making up the difference). A third tier, $15.
