Minimum wage in Michigan to jump .35 cents on Friday

Meanwhile, workers who are paid less than the minimum wage can file a claim with the state Labor Commissioner’s office.

In New York City, the minimum wage for workers in fast food chains (30 or more locations nationally) was increased to $10.50. Effective Dec. 31, the tipped cash wage amounts will increase from their current rates of $4.90, $5.00 and $5.65 to $7.50 per hour. Other increases for some fast food and restaurant workers approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo are also set to take effect Thursday.

Far from being a starting wage for teenagers with after-school jobs, the majority of minimum-wage workers are adults who work full time, with about two-thirds older than 25.

LA City Council voted in July to continue increasing the minimum wage slowly each year, to reach $15 by 2020.

The minimum wage rate has been a hot topic around the country as elected officials and workers’ rights groups protest for better working conditions and salaries.

January 1 will ring in a new year and higher minimum wages for workers in 13 states, similar to the first day of 2015, when 20 states and the District of Columbia saw minimum wage increases, according to Quartz.

In 2014 California’s minimum wage went up a buck to $9 an hour and in less than five days it will go up to $10 dollars an hour. Tips do not count toward the minimum wage.

Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash has welcomed the introduction of the new rate of €9.15 for the national minimum wage.

One thing that is not changing with the New Year is the state minimum wage. And it should explode some myths about the dangers of a higher minimum wage just in time for voters to go to the polls to approve a statewide $12 minimum wage next fall. The legislation places the burden of proof on an employer to show a man’s higher pay for similar work is based on factors other than gender. The state Department of Labor does not require employers to report what they pay their employees.

That’s not to say that all minimum-wage workers will see more green in 2016, Fortune reported.

This provides a clear image of the fact that in most instances the minimum wage might not be enough not even to get above the poverty line.