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With only a few days remaining to act on legislation that passed during the regular session, Governor Youngkin has issued a flurry of vetoes including several that stymie Democratic...

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed bills allowing recreational marijuana retail sales and a minimum wage increase due to health risks, increased costs, and job jeopardy.

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed bills allowing recreational marijuana retail sales and a minimum wage increase due to health risks, increased costs, and job jeopardy.

California Governor Gavin Newsom personally pushed for an exemption to a fast food minimum wage increase that benefits one of his donors.

HIGH minimum wages could spur new rate hikes by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and cause small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to close shop, according to local economists. In a statement, the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) warned against passing a P100 national wage increase that could lead to…

A CEBU-BASED labor group said Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, that it is capitalists who refuse to reduce profit margins, and not the implementation of wage increases, that cause the rising prices of goods and services.

A BILL providing for a P100 increase in daily minimum wage hurdled second reading at the Senate on Wednesday, boosting hopes that workers straining under the impact of inflation can get some relief. Business groups that earlier opposed the measure – championed by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senator…

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Overall, 84% of those 1.3 million workers is 20 or older, according to the report.

Retailers are relieved that the minimum wage increase has been limited to 2%, Retail NZ Chief Executive Carolyn Young says. “Our latest Retail Radar quarterly survey of Retail NZ members, released yesterday, shows that wage increases are one of the ...