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Job Journal
February 5, 2006
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Link Minimum Wage to CPI Count Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger among those who favor raising the minimum wage. But should our lowest wages be tied to the cost of living?   |
Entrepreneur
October 2001
C.J. Prince |
Pay Up When the minimum wage rises, will small businesses get the downside? |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006
Peter Coy |
More Ammo For A Higher Minimum New research says a ripple effect would hike the pay of a lot of family bread winners. |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
Seattle Takes Its First Step To A $15 Minimum Wage The city will continue to raise the minimum wage until all workers in the city earn $15 per hour on January 1, 2017 -- which will be more than twice the current federal U.S. minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. |
Job Journal
June 20, 2004
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Waning Interest in Minimum Wage Is it time to consider another hike in America's minimum wage? |
Job Journal
January 25, 2004
Michael Kinsman |
The Minimum-Wage Dilemma Small businesses question the city of San Francisco's $8.50-an-hour minimum wage. |
BusinessWeek
February 19, 2007
Max B. Sawicky |
Minimum Wage, Maximum Pork Tax breaks could just as easily benefit business owners not affected by the minimum wage increase. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 10, 2014
April White |
Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values Debate over raising the minimum wage tends to focus on costs and benefits, but economist Matthew Weinzierl argues that what really is at stake are much deeper societal values. |
Inc.
October 2004
Jess McCuan |
Minimum Wage Hikes Eyed Nationwide New York may soon become the 13th state to raise its minimum wage above the federal level of $5.15 an hour. |
Reason
November 2005
Kerry Howley |
Data: Whose Living Wage? A study by a nonpartisan think tank, suggests that while living wage laws in America do tend to reduce overall poverty, they hurt those who can least afford it. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Aaron Bernstein |
Minimum Wage: The States Get It Since Congress won't raise hourly pay, local lawmakers are taking the lead. |
Entrepreneur
August 2007
Sara Wilson |
Boiling Point? The restaurant industry is feeling the heat. Restaurateurs will soon have to contend with commercial rent increases, minimum wage hikes, and rising food costs. |
Reason
February 2004
Tim Cavanaugh |
Sins of Wages: Living wages, killing restaurants San Francisco recently upped its minimum wage to $8.50 an hour, a hike that includes waitresses' and waiters' pay. Restaurateurs, who have until February to comply with the new law, are already discussing plans to cut back benefits and freeze hiring to offset the new expense. |
Entrepreneur
September 2007
Jane Easter Bahls |
Fair Pay Think interns mean free labor? Think again. |
Fast Company
Lydia Dishman |
New Rules For Overtime Pay: Blessing Or Curse For Business? President Obama announced this morning that the Department of Labor will propose to raise the salary threshold below which workers must receive overtime pay to $50,440 in 2016. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 4, 2015
James Heskett |
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality? Walmart's recent action to raise wages and offer new career advancement opportunities cheer advocates who believe market forces, not government intervention, offer the best ways to address unhealthy levels of wage disparity. |
BusinessWeek
February 12, 2007
Maria Bartiromo |
The Good News Economy Al Hubbard, director of the National Economic Council and one of the President's top advisers talks about the U.S. economy. |
Job Journal
February 4, 2007
Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: 2007 -- a Turnaround Year Predictions of an improving climate for workers and job-seekers. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Michelle Conlin |
How to Lift the Working Poor The Russell Sage Foundation says boosting tax credits and the minimum wage combined with education will help the working poor in the U.S. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2009
Chuck Saletta |
A Retirement Plan That's Guaranteed to Fail Even if it survives until the time you need it, Social Security won't pay you much. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Labor Ready Is Ready for Action The temp agency surprises even itself, but investors should watch out for wage increases. |
Job Journal
July 2, 2006
Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: Before Starting a New Job How to prepare for starting that new job. |
Entrepreneur
April 2007
Joshua Kurlantzick |
In With the New The shift in congressional leadership could prove a boon for small business. What might the new Congress do for you? |
Food Processing
September 2010
Brett Sutton |
Four Mistakes Food Processors Make in California The Golden State has higher wage and hour practices than federal standards. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2006
Nick Kapur |
7 Stock Shakers The elections took center stage this week, and investors may feel the effects for quite a while. 1. Abundant blues don't rock blue chips... 2. Oil's down, but not for the count... 3. How will the corporate sweethearts of the GOP fare?... etc. |
Job Journal
September 22, 2013 |
Jobwire Silicon Valley boosts state's job growth... Minimum wage on the way up... Target will hire about 70,000 seasonal workers for the holidays... |
Entrepreneur
October 2008
Mark Henricks |
Hired Help The pros and cons of hiring independent contractors. |
Entrepreneur
January 2005
Stephen Barlas |
Take a Peek If you want to look ahead at the small-business agenda as the new session of Congress gets underway, it helps to look back. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2006
Mike Norman |
The Cost of Doing Business It could be going up, but the quest for productivity will drive another cycle of technology investment. What does this mean for investors? |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Inflation Fears Are Unfounded The Fed will have plenty of time to reverse its huge stimulus, as unused labor and production capacity prevent price pressures from building. |
BusinessWeek
January 23, 2006
James Mehring |
Wages: A Misleading Predictor Of Inflation Numbers show that wage growth is slowing, an indication of no wage-driven inflationary pressures. However, those data may be giving the markets and the Federal Reserve a false sense of security. |
ifeminists
September 22, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Wage Gap Reflects Women's Priorities The disparity in wages has nothing to do with discrimination against women. It reflects the preferences of women themselves. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2005
Mike Cianciolo |
Wal-Mart's Jumbo-Sized Plans The retail giant lays out policy changes and a growth strategy. With its share price falling about 20% in the past year, Wal-Mart is doing all it can to reverse that trend, hoping to prove that even giants can be nimble. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Michelle Conlin |
At Costco, "Good Jobs and Good Wages" Costco CEO disputes Wal-Mart's low-pay model and says in the long run, "it doesn't pay the right dividends." |
InternetNews
August 17, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Tech Paychecks Dip Wages for high-tech workers remain steady in 2005, but they're lower today than last year at this time. |
Job Journal
September 14, 2003
Bob Rosner |
A Law for All Who Labor Labor laws safeguard your right to fair wages for your work. |
Investment Advisor
December 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
Catching up with... Liz Ann Sonders An interview with the chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab about the mid-term elections, the rest of 2006, and her economic outlook for 2007. |
Reason
February 2004
Ronald Bailey |
Sweatshops Forever: Oppression rasies wages Want to improve the lives of poor workers in developing countries? Then rush out and buy a pair of Nikes or Levi Strauss jeans, says a new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research. |
Entrepreneur
August 2007
Carol Tice |
Gimme a Tax Break Tax breaks ease the burden of the minimum-wage hike for business owners. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
You Don't Need Much to Start Foiled by mutual funds' minimum investments? You may have better options. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Good Credit Card News Overstated The bottom line is that there have been fewer changes for the better than originally thought regarding new credit card minimum payment standards. Here are the specifics for the seven largest issuers: American Express... Bank of America... etc. |
BusinessWeek
September 24, 2009
Peter Coy |
Why Paychecks Could Shrink High unemployment and low inflation may lead to a decline in pay -- and that could slow the recovery. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
You May Owe More Money Soon Watch out -- credit card minimum payments are on the rise. |
Salon.com
June 3, 2002
Chris Colin |
Welcome to the occupation Maple Razsa, an organizer from last year's living wage sit-in at Harvard, talks about his documentary on the event, snooping administrators and Oprah's take on poverty... |
Job Journal
December 10, 2006 |
Jobwire November job growth surprising... Afraid to ask for a raise?... U.S. Employers discriminating across the border?... Corporations are more gay friendly... Democrats get union wish list... Stressed? Don't blame your boss... On the job front... |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Credit Card Payments Are Doubling Sounds bad, but it's actually a good thing for consumers. Here's why. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: Courteous Costco The warehouse retailer reports results for the second quarter of its fiscal 2007 shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
Job Journal
October 23, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: The Price of Free Speech Sometimes an outspoken worker pays the ultimate price. |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Labor Markets: The Truth About Worker Pay Just how big is the squeeze on the pay of American workers? The answer is not as clear-cut as the polarized views of each political camp would lead you to believe. |
Job Journal
January 16, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: No Hike Likely in Pay Raises If you were expecting a big pay raise in 2005, brace yourself for some news you've heard before: You're probably not going to get one. If you do, surveys say it won't exceed 4 percent. |
