minimum wage

The federal government is looking at doing away with a program that allows employers to pay people with disabilities less than the minimum wage.

The ninth annual report by Common Good Iowa estimates one in six full-time Iowa workers earns less than what's needed for an estimated basic needs budget.

Members of the Writers Guild of America have been on strike since the beginning of May, the largest interruption to American film and television production since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Bills proposed in the Iowa House and Senate would relax some child labor laws.

Three members of the first Idea Accelerator Iowa City cohort studied the child care workforce crisis by implementing a short-term test of a $4 an hour raise for participating child care workers.

The administration also plans to eliminate the tipped minimum wage for federal contractors by 2024, effectively raising it to $15 from the current level of $7.65.

Workers and union supporters were joined by New York City mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill de Blasio at a protest in front of a Des Moines…

Johnson County is continuing to advocate for a higher minimum wage despite the Iowa Legislature’s reversal of local wage increases earlier this year.Two…

Johnson County officials say they will not sue the state over its preemption of local minimum wage increases.County Board of Supervisors Chair Janelle…

Iowa’s minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour in all counties. Gov. Branstad has signed a bill maintaining that wage level and barring any county or local…