In 2025, significant changes in minimum wage laws are reshaping the financial landscape for workers across the United States.

Cindy Kramer, 38, works well over 60 hours a week juggling four different jobs in Staten Island, New York, to support her child and make ends meet. Two of those jobs are bartending.

The Paid Prenatal Leave Law requires all private employers in New York to provide full or part-time pregnant employees with up to 20 hours of paid leave in a 52-week period.

In Broome County, the unemployment rate sits at 3.6% as of January 3, 2025, lower than the long-term average of 5.67%.

The city’s plan threatens to further weigh on demand for ridesharing in a key market for Uber and Lyft, which are both warning that costs will be passed through to consumers.

Jackson’s Catfish Corner, Bel Gatto, The Jilted Siren, Plum Bistro and Rapport wine bar have shuttered in recent days, ...

Across the country, operators are sharing their reasons for permanently closing and how hard it is to make it work.

According to Trading Economics, citing the country's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, China's minimum monthly wage stood at 960 yuan renminbi in 2009, equating to roughly $131 that ...

An analysis led by New York University researchers determines which public policies effectively prevent suicide deaths in the United States. But it’s not just policies that limit firearms and expand ...

New York University researchers have explored how a variety of public policies — not just those explicitly targeting mental ...

Many states automatically raise their minimum wage on Jan. 1 like Arizona, Virginia, Connecticut and Minnesota. In others, like Florida and Missouri, specific ballot measures have legislated the ...

NerdWallet’s annual report shows that household credit card debt growth has slowed, and the gap between wages and cost of ...