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Political parties are being urged to stop wooing voters by promising them unrealistic leaps in daily minimum wage rates which many experts warn will do more harm than good to the country's economic system.

Bangkok Post

Greece raises minimum wage to pre-bailout levels

Greece has announced an increase in the minimum wage that will restore pay to levels existing before sweeping cuts were imposed more than a decade ago during an international bailout

The Independent UK

$17.50 an hour? Hospitality companies say quality pay brings quality staff

When Eddie Hamann heard his employees found it hard to make ends meet in Orlando, he saw an opportunity to help.

Orlando Sentinel

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In historic shift, Minnesota pushes to abolish subminimum wages for people with disabilities

Todd Beck once thought he would spend his entire career sorting through metal garbage at a warehouse-like center in northern Minnesota where he was paid based on how quickly he emptied barrels of discarded tin.

Tribune News Service

Calls to close loophole that puts UK domestic workers at risk of ‘slavery’

Government yet to overhaul family worker exemption, which permits live-in staff to be paid less than national minimum wage

The Guardian - UK

Everything that's going to cost more from April - from prescriptions to energy bills

The start of the new tax year is the signifier for various annual price rises

Wales Online

Everything that's going up in price from April - including energy bills, water, broadband and more

The new tax year will bring in a series of financial changes

Manchester Evening News

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Artists in UK public sector making far below minimum wage, survey finds

Exclusive: report describes culture of low fees and exploitation as research finds median hourly rate of £2.60 an hour

The Guardian - UK

Hen and stag nights hit by soaring prices of flights and booze

Brits toasting their nearly nuptialed pals are shelling out £385 - more than the weekly salary minimum wage salary - on transport, accommodation and drink, one company has claimed

Wales Online

Stag and hen do costs double as Brits face soaring prices on flights and booze

Brits toasting their nearly nuptialed pals are shelling out £385 - more than the weekly salary minimum wage salary - on transport, accommodation and drink, one company has claimed

Daily Mirror

Woman awarded €200,000 from her ex in back payment for 25 years of housework

The judge ordered Ivana'a ex-husband to pay her €204,624.86 based on the minimum wage of the work she had done

Irish Mirror

What is the national minimum wage and when will it go up across the country?

Millions of low-paid workers across the country will soon see a slight boost to their wages

Chronicle Live

Bristol taxi drivers 'working 12 hours a day, six days a week' demand minimum wage

Drivers working for taxi app Bolt are self-employed contractors

Bristol Post

Costa Coffee announces pay rise for 16,000 workers

It is the latest firm to increase pay ahead of the minimum wage increase

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The Independent UK

Kansas plan keeping low wages for disabled angers advocates

Kansas legislators are considering a proposal that many disability rights advocates say could help employers who pay disabled workers less than the minimum wage, bucking a national trend

Manchester Evening News

When does the minimum wage go up across the country?

Millions of low-paid workers across the country will soon receive more money from their wages

Chicago Sun-Times

Restaurant workers are taking aim at the ‘other NRA’

Fair-wage groups are organizing workers after a national report linked the money raised by food training certifications to anti-minimum-wage lobbying efforts.

WEKU

This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures

The Fairness Project has won campaigns to raise the minimum wage and expand Medicaid in nine states dominated by Republicans. Next is abortion. But there's growing pushback from state lawmakers.

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Daily Mirror

Real Housewives star apologises and begs to return after working minimum wage job

Real Housewives of Potomac star Katie Rost has pleaded with show bosses to allow her to return and said she has apologised for claiming they 'exploited my image'

Tribune News Service

Google excludes thousands of workers from benefits, report says

Google’s minimum wage and benefits for contractors are withheld from thousands of its U.S. contract workers, a new report from a union alleges.

Evening Standard

Pink reveals 11-year-old daughter will earn minimum wage on her upcoming Trustfall world tour

The singer, who kicks off her tour in June, was able to teach her child the art of negotiation

Insider UK

Strikes could force First Bus off the road in Scotland

Dispute to hit Glasgow and Aberdeen bus depots as workers demand more than minimum wage

Los Angeles Times

UC Riverside should investigate economics research center, faculty say

LOS ANGELES — Some University of California faculty members are raising the alarm about a research center affiliated with UC Riverside that they say uses corporate funding for reports "attacking proposals to improve the lives of working Californians."

The Independent UK

Universal raises hourly wage to $17, setting pace for parks

Universal Orlando plans to raise its starting hourly minimum wage by $2 to $17, becoming the wage leader among major theme parks in central Florida

Daily Record

Anas Sarwar backs devolution of minimum wage as 'phase 2' of Labour Government

EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Labour leader said a Keir Starmer-led government at Westminster would create a new floor for employment rights - after which more powers could be devolved to Holyrood.

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