Minimum Wage

On October 1, 1960, New York State adopted a statewide minimum wage. That rate was 1 dollar an hour.

There's a bill in the New York State Legislature that if passed would increase the minimum wage in New York to over $20 an hour.

On December 31, 2022, the minimum wage will increase in New York, and on January 1, 2023, an amendment to New York’s paid family leave will take effect.

According to a new wage schedule, Upstate New York home health aides will now see a much-deserved pay increase that should help them breathe easier.

Public comment is open now that the New York State Department of labor is taking the next steps in raising the state’s minimum wage for non-farm workers.

Two New York State Democrats are looking to make a major change to the state's minimum wage.

Tipped workers like wait staff in Pennsylvania will soon have to make more than four times as much money in tips to be paid below the state’s minimum wage.

Pennsylvania Governor Thomas Wolf has long complained and felt embarrassed over the state's low minimum wage.

The base wage for workers in New York State is about to go up again.

The New York State Department of Labor just announced the latest increase to begin on December 31st, 2021.