Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee, said Thursday that he would not support raising the minimum wage. Bessent, if confirmed, would not have the authority to raise ...

The federal minimum wage in Canada is set to increase in less than three months. The hourly amount is adjusted annually on April 1 to keep pace with inflation. On the same date last year ...

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The National Minimum Wage Commission (NMWC) has released its recommendations for 2025, and the public have until Tuesday, 14 January to comment. This moment provides an opportunity to critically ...

This story was updated to add new information. Michigan House Republicans this week fast-tracked bills to modify minimum wage and paid sick leave laws in the state before changes ordered to both ...

Organizers behind Burien’s minimum wage ballot initiative say the city has been using public funds to mislead residents and drum up opposition to the measure, which will come before voters in a ...

Eventually, however, Uncle Sam wants his tax revenue. That's why the government imposes required minimum distributions, or RMDs, on retirees once they reach a certain age, currently 73 years old.

The deadline for 2024 RMDs was Dec. 31, unless you turned 73 last year, in which case you have until April 1. Failure to take an RMD will result in a tax penalty equal to up to 25% of the amount ...

Budget 2025: FM to raise minimum EPS pension from EPF members to Rs 7,500? Don't miss this key development (Image: Pixabay) Under the EPS-95 (Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995) run by the ...

Two more Seattle restaurants are calling it quits thanks to the untenable minimum wage hike. At the same time that the Seattle minimum wage rose from $19.97 an hour to $20.76 an hour, the city ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia has officially implemented a regulation on the global minimum tax in 2025. This policy mandates that corporate taxpayers, who are part of a multinational corporate group, ...