SAN FRANCISCO -- While internet companies have prospered with little oversight in the past decade, 2020 ushers in a new era California with more protections for internet users and the rising number of ...

An employee hands an order to a customer at a Wendys Co. restaurant in Richmond, California, U.S. Photo: Getty Images Though it’s been in force for nearly a year, California’s law establishing a $20 ...

Fortunately it only applies in states that have no minimum-wage law of their own or a minimum wage below the federal minimum ...

First came the farfetched “Fight for $15.” Now, California has made a $20 minimum wage a reality, at least for workers at large fast-food chains. The pay hike took effect in April 2024, joining the ...

One year has passed since 400,000 California workers at fast food chains like McDonald’s and Taco Bell began earning $20 per hour — a special minimum wage that’s thrilled employees and unions but ...

A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) this month found that California’s 2023 minimum wage hike cost the state thousands of jobs. Researchers found that the state’s ...