The minimum wage has gone up in 22 states, and according to the Economic Policy Institute, 7 million low-wage employees affected by the increases will earn an extra $8.2 billion over the course of ...

Unite Here Local 11 filed paperwork for a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage for all workers in the city of Los Angeles to $30 by July 2028.

A ruling that au pairs must be paid the minimum wage will decimate the industry, according to an agency director. Sean Kavanagh, of SK Au Pairs, Dublin, is calling for a separate minimum wage for ...

New laws requiring parents to pay au pairs the minimum wage are putting families under financial strain and are "not a good idea", according to a leading p... Thursday, 6 March 2025.

WASHINGTON—A popular child-care option would be put out of reach for some families under a new Biden administration proposal that could double the cost of hiring an au pair.

Au pairs and nannies are celebrating a “historic victory” after the government announced it will eradicate the legal loophole which left live-in workers exempt from minimum wage laws.. Rules ...

Sen. Wil Castro on Friday introduced Bill 142, which would increase the minimum wage of $8.25 by $1 over a two-year period — to $8.75 by July 1, 2020, and to $9.25 by July 1, 2021.

A pair of lawmakers are proposing an increase to Maryland's minimum wage, phasing in a raise from $15 an hour to $20 an hour over two years. "The minimum wage in Maryland is not enough to meet the ...

This followed a ruling from the Workplace Relations Commission in which a family employing an au pair was found to be in breach of the National Minimum Wage Act and other labour laws.

Earlier this year, the WRC awarded €9,229 to a Spanish au pair after finding that her host family had breached aspects of the Minimum Wage Act. MRCI was unable to say on Friday whether both ...