Minimum Wage

So far, America's wage experiment appears to be a success—and it's far from over yet.

Historian Annelise Orleck traveled to Mexico, Cambodia, and Bangladesh, plus all across America, to interview low-wage workers fighting for better conditions and pay.

While looking to lessen wage disparities, the government has instead enacted legislation that leaves behind a large swath of female workers.

The state will have to make other adjustments to ensure a positive transition to the new wage, which stands to raise incomes for hundreds of thousands of workers.

A breakdown of the difference between $7.25 an hour and $10.

In general, states with higher costs of living also have higher wages, but the relationship isn't perfect—and it works out well better than average, for Oregonians.

An analysis of the restaurant industry yields some surprising results.

A slew of states are tweaking their minimum wages this year. What happens next will change the way we legislate away poverty.

This insistence that laboring people would be harmed by having the wages they demand is not just incorrect, it is paternalistic and condescending.

Is New York—and the rest of America—failing the the Fair Labor Standards Act?

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

Economic research suggests that raising the minimum wage doesn't automatically lead to a decline in employment.

New technology is nudging Americans to be more generous at the till. For now.

Think you’re entitled to be paid for your unpaid internship? Here are resources you should know about.

Profits are being used to boost management earnings and pay dividends to stockholders, not improve worker wages.

The way to fix tipping isn't to abolish it. Instead, it's time to do something about the minimum wage for tipped employees.

A whole lot more than $7.25 an hour.

The recent strikes show just how untenable the current makeup of the fast-food labor force really is.