On February 26, 2026, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released a new notice of proposed rulemaking that would significantly revise the test used under the Fair Labor Standards Act ...
A Labor Dept. proposed rule will make it more expensive to hire H-1B visa holders and sponsor employment-based immigrants.
The Trump administration has prioritized reducing immigration to the United States. This reduces the supply of labor, ...
The county has contracted Cornell ILR Ithaca Co-Lab to study whether the local minimum wage should be higher than $16 an hour ...
Rhode Island lawmakers are considering three proposals to raise the minimum wage beyond its scheduled increase to $17 an hour ...
Nineteen states raised their minimum wage on Jan. 1, 2026, including Hawaii ($16), Michigan ($13.73), and Nebraska ($15). Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., are raising their minimum wages on July ...
Twenty states raised minimum wages so far in 2026, and a majority of increases went into effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Over 8.3 million workers saw a raise in their minimum wages, as more states employed a ...