An employment and labor law professor at the University of California, Irvine, Veena Dubal is one of the strongest voices championing labor rights in the digital economy, especially for gig workers.

The Employment Cost Index shows wages and benefits grew 3.5% in September year-to-year. That’s the lowest increase since 2021. Let’s talk about your paycheck. Not your specific paycheck, but ...

The new year will see dozens of states, cities and counties raising the minimum wage locally, helping millions of Americans offset an increasingly urgent affordability crisis. On Jan. 1, 2026, the ...

Some workers will receive pay boosts next year as higher minimum wage regulations take effect in 22 states and 66 cities and counties across the U.S., a change that could help low-income households ...

Minimum wage in Colorado will crest the $15 per hour mark in 2026 under the automatic annual increase that is based on the consumer price index. What will Colorado's minimum wage be in 2026? Starting ...

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With inflation sticky and wage growth falling, real wages for most Americans are now in negative territory. This comes after years of negative real wages during the pandemic recovery, which has ...

Victoria University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. New data show wages have risen by a bit more than inflation, but overall real wages are still languishing near 2011 levels.

Individual taxable earnings of up to $184,500 annually will be subject to Social Security tax in 2026, the Social Security Administration (SSA) said Friday. The amount, an increase from $176,100 in ...

California is poised to be the first state to directly prohibit algorithmic pricing through antitrust law, a move legal experts say could trigger similar legislation across the country. A bill signed ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

From Nat'l Retail Fed'n v. James, decided yesterday by Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.): [T]he Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act … provides that any entity domiciled or doing business in New York that ...