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Tacoma ICE center ordered to pay detainee workers Washington’s minimum wage, $23 million in arrears
A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that people held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center must be paid the state’s ...
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Ninth Circuit upholds minimum wage requirement for detained immigrant workers
A majority of the Ninth Circuit panel decried the private jail's attempt to argue federal law prohibits it from paying its ...
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Tacoma prison must pay $23M for violating minimum wage, court says
The Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, the only privately owned detention center in Washington, can hold up to 1,575 ...
Minimum wage increases pose major challenge for restaurant industry in blue states
Some 65 cities across the country rolled out wage increases at the start of the month, and restaurant owners are still ...
Maryland Dems push bill to raise minimum wage to $20; Republicans say it’s ‘dead on arrival’
State Democratic lawmakers are pushing a bill that would allow Maryland voters to raise the minimum wage from $15 to $20 — including for workers in the service industry — but it’s receiving ...
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Minimum Wage Hikes: Impact on Student Summer Jobs?
New research in Contemporary Economic Policy indicates that rising minimum wages in a state are associated with reduced summer employment for ...
Minimum wages are increasing in nearly half the states this year
The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per ...
Federal plan to abolish paying disabled workers less than minimum wage facing deadline
The Biden administration, in December, introduced a rule to abolish subminimum wage certificates for employers like Ideal ...
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Minimum wage increasing in nearly half of states, including Nebraska
The state’s minimum wage increased to $11.91 this month and will rise to ... New York, Rhode Island and Washington. Alaska, ...