The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) announced an increase in the minimum wage for Emiratis employed in the private sector to AED6,000 per month, effective 1st January 2026.This ...

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 ...

Industrialization brought progress and prosperity, but also exploitation. This video highlights how ordinary people were subjected to wage slavery and how these conditions sparked early labor ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. The Trump administration will publish a new immigration rule ...

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) new interim final rule (IFR) for H-2A guestworker Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) makes significant changes to the wage calculation for farm laborers nationwide.

This guest essay reflects the views of Anthony Villa, president and business manager of Local 290, the carpenters union for much of Long Island, and a board member of the North Atlantic States ...

Both houses of the New York State legislature passed a bill this summer that would mandate that construction and fabrication work done off-site for public work projects be compensated at New York’s ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Mike Florio, chief executive of the Long Island Builders Institute. Long Island’s development climate has seen a tremendous influx of new projects in the last ...

A package of three bills to expand prevailing wage mandates that could significantly increase construction wage rates in New York is now on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk for approval or veto. The proposals ...