New Jersey Legislators Seek to Raise Minimum Age for Lottery Ticket Purchases
TRENTON, N.J. — A newly proposed bill in New Jersey aims to increase the minimum age for horse racing and lottery wagering from 18 to 21, aligning these activities with other gambling…
Draft law on joint standards for minimum wages in EU passes crucial hurdle
BRUSSELS – The European Union on Tuesday reached a breakthrough on common rules for minimum wages across the 27-nation bloc with a provisional agreement on measures designed to promote collective bargaining and…
Newsom-Backed Racial Reparations Report Calls For Minimum Wage Hike Amid Record Inflation
Newsom-Backed Racial Reparations Report Calls For Minimum Wage Hike Amid Record Inflation Gabe Kaminsky on June 2, 2022 A report released Wednesday approved by Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is demanding a…
Australia’s new Treasurer argues for minimum wage rise as energy costs spike
SYDNEY – Australia’s new Treasurer on Wednesday said he wanted to see minimum wages rise fast enough to keep pace with surging inflation, as a looming spike in energy prices threatens to…
Argentina accelerates hike in minimum wage
(Reuters) – Argentina will increase its monthly minimum wage to 45,540 pesos ($389.46) in June and to 47,850 pesos in August, the Ministry of Economy said on Tuesday. “The increases in (minimum…
Chile reaches agreement with worker group to raise minimum wage
SANTIAGO – Chile’s government announced Monday night that it has reached an agreement with the Workers’ United Center of Chile (CUT) to raise the minimum wage in two steps this year. The…
Verizon raises minimum wage to $20 an hour for U.S employees
(Reuters) – U.S. wireless carrier Verizon Communications Inc said on Monday it would raise the minimum wage of its new and existing customer service, retail and inside sales employees to $20 an…
Reducing inequality, hiking minimum wage could boost U.S. economy -White House
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Boosting enforcement of antidiscrimination and antitrust laws, raising the federal mininum wage and higher unionization rates could substantially boost U.S. economic growth, a new report by President…
Illinois men sentenced to less than minimum for Minnesota mosque bombing
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – A federal judge in Minnesota on Tuesday sentenced two Illinois men to much less than mandatory minimum 35-year prison sentences after they pleaded guilty to roles in…
Canada’s Ontario plans second minimum wage hike this year
(Reuters) – Ontario’s ruling Progressive Conservative government said on Tuesday it plans to raise the hourly minimum wage by 50 Canadian cents beginning in October, in what would be the second hike…
Poland blocks EU compromise on global minimum corporate tax deal
PARIS – Poland on Tuesday blocked a French-proposed compromise on how to implement a minimum corporate tax across the European Union in another blow to a global overhaul of international tax rules.…
President Biden pitches minimum tax on billionaires in new budget
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON – The White House on Monday proposed imposing a minimum tax on the nation’s richest people to challenge the “indefensibly low tax rates” the wealthy can engineer as…
Biden to propose minimum tax on billionaires as part of 2023 budget
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden will propose a minimum tax on billionaires as part of the fiscal 2023 budget that is expected to be unveiled on Monday, a document released by…
Poland, Sweden, Estonia, Malta block EU minimum corporate tax deal
PARIS – Poland, Sweden, Estonia and Malta blocked on Tuesday a French-proposed compromise on how to implement minimum corporate tax across the European Union, dealing a blow to the global overhaul of…
U.S. to extend international minimum flight requirement waivers over COVID
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The United States government on Monday proposed extending temporary waivers of international minimum flight requirements at some U.S. airports through late October due to COVID-19. Airlines can…
Haiti hikes minimum wage by up to 54% following worker protests
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haiti’s government on Monday hiked the minimum wage by as much as 54% following weeks of demonstrations by garment workers who say their wages are not enough to keep up…
Germany’s Scholz says raising minimum wage a matter of respect
BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that his Social Democrats (SPD) were pushing ahead with their election promise to raise the national minimum wage to 12 euros an hour,…
Over Half Of US States Will Increase Their Minimum Wage In 2022
Over half of the states in the U.S. will institute a minimum wage increase in 2022, according to a report. A total of 26 states will raise the minimum wage in 2022,…
Biden, Democrats’ Budget Set To Include Global Minimum Tax, Treasury Secretary Says
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that she is confident that the Democrats’ budget will include a global minimum tax for corporations just days after nearly 140 countries endorsed the measure. “I…
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