Minimum Wage

NJ Assembly passes bill to raise minimum wage to $8.50

26 May 2012

TRENTON — The Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that would increase the state’s minimum hourly wage to $8.50 on July 1. If passed by the Senate, the measure would go to Gov. Christie, who has not said whether he would sign it.The 46-33 vote came down largely along party lines, with only one Democrat, Assemblyman Matthew Milam (Cumberland), voting against it. Democrats control both chambers in ...

California bill tying minimum wage to inflation dies

25 May 2012

A bill that would have required the state's minimum wage to automatically adjust every year bas

10. Minimum wage necessary to readjust society's long-term social safety net

25 May 2012

KUCHING: Comprehensive studies by the Government in the planning stages of the minimum wage policy have found that poverty line income (PLI) level is almost 30% higher in Sabah compared to Peninsular Malaysia's.