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The state is the only in the Mid-Atlantic that still hasn't raised its minimum wage.
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Tipper workers in Pennsylvania will soon get more protections. The Wolf administration announced an update Wednesday to how restaurant servers and others who rely on tips are paid.
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Tipped employees in Pennsylvania will soon have to make more than four times as much money in tips to be paid below the state’s minimum wage.
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In a stalemate with lawmakers over raising the minimum wage or requiring companies to have paid sick leave, Gov. Tom Wolf will impose those requirements on companies getting financial incentives from the state.
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On today’s program: WESA’s Lucy Perkins breaks down the latest fundraising data for candidates vying to fill outgoing U.S. Senator Pat Toomey’s seat; David Card, an economics professor from the University of California-Berkeley, will receive a Nobel Prize for his body of work of which includes a landmark minimum wage study that took place in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; and how public school districts across the country are addressing the bus driver shortage.
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On today’s program: A recently released report found housing is unaffordable for most Americans working minimum-wage jobs; with municipalities across the state worried about their local economies post-pandemic, Pitt’s Institute of Politics analyzed these challenges and proposed solutions in their latest report; and we learn if beetles can walk backwards.
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Three Allegheny County Council Democrats will introduce a bill Tuesday to raise the hourly minimum wage for non-salaried county workers to $15.
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On today's program: Legal analyst David Harris breaks down the process of jury selection for the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer facing…
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For a seventh straight year, Gov. Tom Wolf is calling for an increase in Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, which has stayed at $7.25 since 2009 — one of the…
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb joined service workers on Monday afternoon in support of a $15 minimum wage hike. But while Democrats are…