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British Gas owner and Holland & Barrett fined for paying less than minimum wage

Around 42,000 people have been repaid by their employers after being left out of pocket, the Department for Business and Trade said

The Independent UK

Minimum Wage Rules for Food Delivery App Workers Have Been a Disaster. New York City Is Expanding Them.

After restaurant delivery drivers quit in droves and costs soared, the city is expanding minimum wage rules to grocery couriers.

Reason

California's Fast Food Minimum Wage Hike Cost the State 18,000 Jobs. That Shouldn't Surprise Anyone.

Lawmakers made an exception for smaller restaurant chains, implicitly acknowledging that the law would come with costs.

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Warning Britain is becoming ‘unattractive’ place to hire new staff

The national minimum wage rose in April, but driving up labour costs for employers

The Independent UK

How McDonald’s Fight Against Tips Could Affect Your Wallet

Here is how McDonald's fight against tips could impact your wallet.

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MAGA Karen tries to trick minimum wage barista into shouting Charlie Kirk’s name but throws a hissy-fit when she refuses

Working for Starbucks and being paid minimum wage is miserable enough as it is without even bringing politics into it. So you can only imagine how stressful it must be to deal with a right-wing Karen who’s angry at you for using your free speech to choose not to say…

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Texas Domestic Workers Face Trump Attack on Minimum Wage

Advocates warn a proposed rule by the Department of Labor will deepen the country’s “crisis of care.”

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What France’s crackdown on British tourists means for you: How to navigate new post-Brexit border demands

Exclusive: UK visitors to France must have medical insurance and cash worth half of national minimum wage

The Independent UK

Bank of America CEO admits that AI is shrinking some departments even as bank boosts minimum wage to $25

“The key to that is really redeploying people and re-skilling them,” Brian Moynihan said on Bloomberg TV, adding that he hopes to redeploy, not replace.

Fortune

Business Groups Failed to Stop L.A.’s ‘Olympic Wage’ Increase. But the Battle’s Not Over.

Minimum wage increases will kick in for hotel and airport workers leading up to the 2028 Olympics after a referendum effort fell short. An industry coalition has cried foul.

Capital & Main

McDonald's Declares War on Tipping Culture as It Quits US Restaurant Association: 'Pay Your Staff Properly!'

McDonald's exits National Restaurant Association over tipped wage dispute, with CEO Chris Kempczinski calling for equal minimum wages across the industry.

International Business Times UK

McDonald’s CEO is grappling with a ‘two-tier economy’ as he slashes prices on value meals—and signals backing for a minimum wage increase

“Particularly with middle- and lower-income consumers, they’re feeling under a lot of pressure right now,” Chris Kempczinski said on CNBC.

Fortune

McDonald’s CEO says Trump’s no tax on tips creates ‘uneven playing field’ for its restaurants, which don’t get ‘customers to pay’ for labor

Chris Kempczinski raised concerns that restaurants paying tipped workers a lower minimum wage were getting an extra boost from the White House’s new provision.

Fortune

Will Raising Federal Minimum Wage to $15 Ever Happen?

In the U.S., people cannot legally work for less than the federal minimum wage. However, at a low rate of $7.25 per hour, many believe it's not enough.

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The Guardian - US

‘He’s brazenly anti-worker’: US marks the first Labor Day under Trump 2.0

Advocates say Trump has hurt workers in many ways, often by cutting their pay or making their jobs more dangerous

The Guardian - AU

Indonesia protests: president scraps lawmakers’ perks in bid to calm tensions

Police set up checkpoints across Jakarta on Monday after deadly protests that have forced Prabowo Subianto to remove perks include a housing allowance worth 10 times the minimum wage

Reason

Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Obscenity Blocks, Cooking Oil, and D.C.'s Tipped Minimum Wage (Vol. 19)

Good intentions, bad results.

The Guardian - UK

P&O chief who prompted outrage by sacking nearly 800 staff is to quit

Peter Hebblethwaite became Britain’s most hated boss when he replaced

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Protests erupt in Indonesia over privileges for parliament members and ‘corrupt elites’

Controversy over housing allowance, which is almost 10 times minimum wage, comes amid President Prabowo Subianto’s austerity drive

Fortune

New Zealand has the best work-life balance in the world—here's what works

Searching for better work-life balance in the U.S.? You likely won’t find it.

Evening Standard

East London Indian restaurant loses licence after employing staff 'below minimum wage'

An East London Indian restaurant's licence has been suspended after the Home Office found staff were paid below minimum wage

The Independent UK

Larger families could gain more than £20,000 if Labour scraps two-child benefit cap

Conservative critics say the two-child cap is essential to preventing families on benefits from receiving packages worth more than the minimum wage

The Guardian - US

‘Historic’: how Mexico’s welfare policies helped 13.4 million people out of poverty

Experts are enthusiastic about poverty reductions achieved under former Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Benzinga

'Not Every Wage Is Designed to Be a Livable Wage,' Says State Lawmaker —People Call It A Slap In The Face, 'I'm Comfortable…I Don't Care About You'

When Pennsylvania lawmakers debated raising the state's minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour this summer, one comment drew more heat than the proposal itself. Republican House Minority Leader Jesse Topper stood on the chamber floor and said, "Here me clearly on this. Not every wage is designed to…

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I Asked ChatGPT What Would Happen If Minimum Wage Rose at the Same Rate of Inflation — Here’s What It Said

What if minimum wage rose with inflation? I asked ChatGPT to crunch the numbers—see how much workers would earn and what it means for the economy.

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