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Universal Orlando ups starting pay to $17 an hour as Disney wage talks go on

Universal Orlando is raising its minimum wage from $15 to $17 an hour starting June 4, boosting the theme park company’s base pay to $2 more than Walt Disney World’s current rate.

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Inmate workers deserve some compensation

More than 150 of Allegheny County’s 1,500 prisoners work at institutional jobs. They wash dishes, cook, sort laundry, serve food, clean housing units, work in warehouses and perform various other jobs that, one way or the other, must be done. Inmate laborers generally work eight hours a day, seven days…

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‘Marine-style hazing’, poverty wages and lifelong injuries: The sad, secret life of cheerleaders

Though it looks glamorous, the life of a professional cheerleader for the NFL or NBA is often demanding, dangerous and demeaning. Holly Baxter reports on the experiences of the lowest-paid people on the field

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Tory MP Jonathan Djanogly and wife face complaints from four more fed-up housekeepers

One housekeeper at Jonathan Djanogly's home alleged she was paid less than the minimum wage to work for the millionaire while another claimed to be owed at least £450

Daily Mirror

National Minimum Wage: Belfast workers urged to check their pay as 6,800 miss out

“We want Belfast workers to get the pay they are due"

Belfast Live

‘Marine-style hazing’, poverty wages and lifelong injuries: The sad, secret life of cheerleaders

The Independent UK

Poisoned and hyperaggressive seals attack Cape Town tourists

The recent introduction of new denominations of naira in Nigeria causes a chaotic rush to get the old notes out of circulation by the end of January. Also, Ivory Coast has raised its minimum wage as the country faces a cost-of-living crisis. And Cape Town tourists are warned not to…

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Labour Senator Mark Wall: 'Time to pay apprentices a fair wage'

'Apprenticeships play a crucial role in Ireland’s economy. We simply can no longer continue to undervalue them.'

Irish Mirror

How many minimum wage jobs do you need to work to rent in Dallas?

In both Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, it takes more than three full-time minimum-wage incomes for a person to comfortably afford the typical one-bedroom rental home, according to new research from Zillow Group.

Tribune News Service

Mum who needed benefits to feed family has surgery and makes fortune on OnlyFans

Meagan used to work minimum wage and still needed help to feed her two children. After plastic surgery she makes £80,000 a month online

Wales Online

Brazil's finance ministry to back minimum wage increase starting in May -sources

Brazil's finance ministry sees room for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to raise the minimum wage as of May at a cost of up to 5 billion reais ($975 million) to the government, two sources in the ministry told Reuters on Friday.

Reuters

Rent is so expensive that minimum-wage workers need 3 roommates or 4 jobs to afford a two-bedroom apartment

"Renters have been squeezed by record-fast rent growth while incomes haven’t kept up."

Fortune

Leeds man spends more than £60,000 a year so 'geeks' have a safe space in the city

Andy Morton-Foggon says he earns 'a lot less than minimum wage' to serve the 'geek' community

Leeds Live

Instant noodles and extra jobs: PhD candidates ‘barely scraping by’ on stipends below minimum wage

Students are pleading for reforms amid rising rent and cost of living, as experts warn research could suffer if people are put off higher study

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‘Huge win’ for trade union as Durham University raises PhD students’ pay

University had paid some postgraduate researchers less than minimum wage

Liverpool Echo

State Pension petition calling for £416 weekly payments due official response

Campaigners are calling for pensioners to be paid the equivalent of the national minimum wage

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Farmworkers deserve a living wage

With a new congressional term kicking off, the agricultural lobby will fight to bring the Farm Workforce Modernization Act back for approval to alleviate the shortage of farmworkers across the country. The bill is now in limbo after Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives. Despite this, lawmakers could…

Leeds Live

Leeds man tired of mundane job signs up to Universal Credit so he can concentrate on becoming a rapper

Jay Rhule had grown sick and tired of mundane minimum wage jobs 'slowing him down'

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Florida nursing home workers say they’re not getting minimum wage

It was praised as a solution to Florida’s nursing home staffing crisis.

France 24

US continues African charm offensive as Yellen visits Senegal | Eye on Africa - France 24

In tonight's show, US Treasury Secretary Yellen visits Senegal as Washington eyes Russian influence in Africa, Ivory Coast increases its minimum wage and a Rwanda journalist, critical of the government, dies.

Ballotpedia

District court affirms president’s authority to increase federal contractor minimum wage

Judge John J. Tuchi of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on January 6, 2023, rejected a challenge from a coalition of states and held that President Joe Biden (D) did not exceed his authority when he issued an executive order directing the U.S. Department of Labor…

Reuters

Brazil's Lula says minimum wage has to rise in line with economic growth

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that the country's minimum wage must rise in line with its economic growth, after the government approved a 7.43% year-on-year increase in monthly wages to 1,302 reais ($253.59).

The Conversation

Insomnia, headaches, and stomach pains: the hidden costs of gig workers’ flexibility

The ever-expanding gig economy has brought with it the rise of the independent contractor, from delivery drivers to personal shoppers and dog walkers. Compared to traditional employees, independent contractors are classified as self-employed and do not benefit from a minimum wage, paid time off, or other protections. This kind of…

Daily Record

Dad-of-three on minimum wage bags life-changing £5.4m jackpot from £1.40 bet

Michael Clark secured Betfred's biggest ever payout with the King Kong slot game and is now able to buy a 'forever home' and marry his fiancée of seven years.

Irish Mirror

Calls for government to abolish 'old-fashioned' minimum wage rates for under 20s

The minimum rates are currently €7.91 an hour for under 18s, €9.04 an hour for 18-year-olds, and €10.17 for 19-year-olds.

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