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Minimum wage is the lowest wage that an employer is legally required to pay to their employees for their labor. It is typically set by government legislation or regulation and varies between countries, regions, and industries. The primary objective of a minimum wage is to ensure that workers are paid a fair and reasonable wage that enables them to cover their basic living expenses, such as housing, food, and clothing. Minimum wage laws can also serve to prevent employers from exploiting workers by paying them unreasonably low wages, and to promote greater income equality and social justice. The minimum wage is usually determined by a variety of factors, including the cost of living, inflation, and the prevailing economic conditions. Critics of minimum wage laws argue that they can lead to higher unemployment rates, as employers may be less willing to hire workers at a higher wage, while supporters maintain that minimum wage laws can boost consumer spending and stimulate economic growth.
A grim truth underlies U.S. industry: the appalling practice of child labor, widely perceived as an anachronism, is far from a thing of the sooty industrial past. U.S. consumers may have a hazy sense that children labor somewhere in foreign sweatshops to manufacture their goods — but such faraway tragedies are too easily forgotten at…
Recently, a New York State Assembly Member introduced legislation in Albany to end the practice of forced prison labor, and to require that incarcerated people make at least minimum wage for their work. The objectives are to abolish slavery without exception in New York’s constitution and extend workers’ protections to incarcerated New Yorkers. Currently, New York…
KINGSTON, R.I. – March 13, 2023 -In recent weeks, the issue of child labor in the United States – particularly among migrant children – has come under new scrutiny. In mid-February, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a release detailing a $1.5 million penalty paid by Packers Sanitation Services Inc., one of the largest food…
Roberto Jacobo is an immigrant who estimates he lost $90,000 in income over 15 years as a home remodeler because his employers did not pay him his owed overtime or prevailing wage on jobs. For years he stayed quiet, afraid his employers would retaliate because he is an immigrant. Then he decided enough is enough…
Nevada inmates may be working for as little as 35 cents an hour and having significant portions of their checks withheld by the Nevada Department of Corrections. State Sen. Dina Neal, D-North Las Vegas, wants to change that, the Nevada Current reported. Neal has introduced Senate Bill 187, which would require the Nevada Department of…
It took Johnny Perez over four years of making hundreds of bedsheets every day at a factory to reach the top pay tier: about 32 cents an hour, nearly double his starting wage. He was one of the highest-paid workers at Coxsackie Correctional Facility—a textile manufacturer run by the New York State prison system. When…
Roberto Jacobo is an immigrant who estimates he lost $90,000 in income over 15 years as a home remodeler because his employers did not pay him his owed overtime or prevailing wage on jobs. For years he stayed quiet, afraid his employers would retaliate because he is an immigrant. Then he decided enough is enough…
Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday that her administration is launching a comprehensive effort to address child labor violations in the state. This move comes in response to a sharp increase in reported violations last year, which saw a 68% spike. To combat this problem, Governor Hochul is creating a task force that will work…
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced new efforts to combat child labor violations and labor trafficking in New York State. In light of a significant 68 percent spike in reports of child labor violations in 2022 in New York State, Governor Hochul and the New York State Department of Labor are strengthening their commitment to ensuring…
Last year, voters in Vermont, Oregon, Tennessee and Alabama approved historic ballot measures that removed slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime from their state constitutions, which could lead to limitations on forced prison labor. They joined a growing list of states that passed similar initiatives in recent years, including Nebraska, Utah and Colorado….
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