Wage and hour division articles
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German chancellor calls for €15 per hour minimum wage
As the debate about the national minimum wage heats up, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has aired support for a gradual increase to €15 per hour.
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NYC Is Desperate For Lifeguards: Hourly Wage Up From $16.10 to $21.26 With a $1K Bonus
With the summer swimming season around the corner, New York City grapples with its most severe shortage of lifeguards on record. Officials attribute this lifeguard shortage partly to a contentious dispute between the city and the relatively obscure yet remarkably influential unions representing lifeguards.Over the Memorial Day weekend, the city unveiled its 14 miles of public beaches. Still, millions of New Yorkers now confront the likelihood of restricted beach access and limited pool...
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Fast-food workers make $20 an hour. California's other low-wage earners ask: What about us?
Stephon Harris makes $16.35 an hour at the Rancho San Miguel Market, ringing customers up for pints of fresh salsas and masa. A few hundred feet away, at a Jack in the Box drive-through, workers are making about $4 more an hour thanks to California’s mandatory $20 minimum wage for fast-food employees that kicked in last month. "I would like to make that," Harris, 21, said as he assisted customers. He is among California's low-wage workers who are left out of sector-specific minimum wages...