By: Maya Brown – The Sun News – July 21, 2022 A former employee of a Myrtle Beach area restaurant is accuses the company of violating the state laws, alleging servers and bartenders were paid less than minimum wage. Madison Doll filed the lawsuit Tuesday against Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, according to the Horry County Public

By: Sharon Zhang – July 19, 2022 – Truthout As inaction in Congress extends the longest period in U.S. history without a raise in the federal minimum wage, the value of the minimum wage has reached its lowest point since the mid-20th century. (Read more)

By: Simon Schuster – July 19, 2022 – Michigan Live Michigan’s minimum wage may be higher and the availability of sick leave for workers expanded after a Court of Claims ruling Tuesday tossed out 2018 legislation that weakened the original policies. (Read more)

By: Lorie Konish – July 15, 2022 – CNBC Record high inflation has pushed the value of the federal minimum wage down to the lowest level in 66 years, according to a new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute. That minimum federal hourly rate of $7.25 per hour is worth less than any time since

By: Josh Cohen – July 15, 2022 – Good Men Project Driving from client to client, finding and sometimes paying for parking and waiting on a building manager to let her into an apartment are all part of a day’s work for Mandolin Noir, who provides dog-walking service through the Rover app. But they aren’t

By: James Wright Jr. – July 13, 2022 – The Washington Informer The increase in the District’s minimum wage earlier this month appears to have workers in the city pleased because it puts more money in their pockets but makes some entrepreneurs nervous because the bump in pay cuts into their budgets. (Read more)