Employers are now required to comply with the civil provisions of Minnesota’s new Wage Theft Statute, which went into effect last week on July 1. This week, the Minnesota Department of Labor & ...

In the United States, it is conventional wisdom that wages have stagnated for decades. A few examples to illustrate the point: In a recent story in “The New York Times’s” Business section, an article ...

Two measures that economists most commonly use for inflation-adjusted wages show that wages are higher now than five decades ago. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.’s office pointed to a different dataset ...

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 ...

With many Americans worried about prices, it’s worth looking at whether workers’ wages have been rising quickly enough to ...