Pennsylvania’s minimum wage hasn’t budged since the economic downturn of 2009, and some business owners in Philadelphia have decided to take the matter into their own hands. Ken Weinstein’s calling it ...

In a 2014 letter written by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) to President Obama and congressional leaders in support of an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, more than 600 ...

Radical and rising economic inequality is no secret — and now, neither is its cause. New research from the Economic Policy Institute shows that the massive upward redistribution of income our nation ...

2022 has been a year where inflation has seriously eaten into or even totally diminished any salary increases workers might have received. For people in some countries, this scenario has actually been ...

Are you owed wages? It takes just a few minutes to find out if the government has money you can recover. Clifford led How To coverage. He spent a handful of years at Peachpit Press, editing books on ...

When hiring a team, one of the most important decisions you have to make is how to pay your employees. The two most common payment methods are hourly wage and salary. Here’s a look at the pros and ...

As an employer, you are responsible for supplying both your employees and the Internal Revenue Service with a Form W-2 for each employee, showing their taxable income for the year. Knowing how this ...

Yet, for many Americans, it doesn’t feel that way. A closely watched Index of Consumer Sentiment, published by the University of Michigan, fell to 67.8 in February, its lowest mark since last summer.

June 04, 2025 - Navigating employment laws can be a daunting challenge for U.S. businesses, particularly those operating across multiple states and localities. While federal statutes set the baseline ...

In the decade since the 2008 recession we’ve had an enormous runup in the stock market, accelerating growth in GDP, and a steady increase in job growth. Yet despite these positive economic trends, ...