The Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, the only privately owned detention center in Washington, can hold up to 1,575 ...

Workers in several states may see an increase as minimum wages are implemented. Here’s where that wage will be highest starting in 2025.

SEATTLE — The minimum wage in Washington state and several cities, including Seattle, will go up next week as agencies adjust for inflation. Washington state minimum wage will increase to $16.66 ...

A handful of new employee protection laws take effect Wednesday, including changes to the state’s sick leave regulations.

This marks a 2.35% rise from the 2024 minimum wage, driven by increasing housing and food costs according to the Bureau of Labor. Washington state remains the highest state-level minimum wage in ...

New research in Contemporary Economic Policy indicates that rising minimum wages in a state are associated with reduced ...

A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that people held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center must be paid the state’s ...

A majority of the Ninth Circuit panel decried the private jail's attempt to argue federal law prohibits it from paying its ...

New research in Contemporary Economic Policy indicates that rising minimum wages in a state are associated with reduced summer employment for ...

Some 65 cities across the country rolled out wage increases at the start of the month, and restaurant owners are still ...

And 67 localities — including Denver; Flagstaff, Arizona; and Los Angeles — have raised their minimum wage above the state ...