Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fourth budget delivers a big-ticket housing program for millennials and Generation Z voters — a multi-billion dollar commitment to be paid for in part with a tax hike on the rich and corporate Canada.
Record spending and a return to pushing tax hikes, that is the unfortunate reality of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s budget proposal. Just last year, New Jersey’s excessive corporate income tax surcharge was finally allowed to expire – as was the original sales pitch when the surcharge was first enacted. The state’s rate was the […]
Governor Sani’s confession has already sparked a political conflict in Kaduna State between the supporters of the former Governor, El-Rufai and his hand-picked successor. People, who detest the idea of out-going elected officials seeking to impose those to replace them on the people, smile knowingly.
(ONN) - An advocacy group is hoping to change the minimum wage in Ohio. The Ohio Capital Journal reports that Ohioans could have a chance to vote to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026. Raise the Wage Ohio is collecting signatures to put a proposed constitutional amendment on this year's ballot
The United Kingdom government has increased the general salary threshold for those arriving in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa from £26,200 to £38,700.
President Biden will head to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to make the case that the rich and corporations don’t pay the bulk of taxes in America. Still, his own Treasury Department refutes his numbers.
The minimum wage for private sector workers in Egypt will increase to EGP 6,000 (USD 127) in May, according to a statement from the National Council of Wages on Sunday, 7 April. This increase aligns with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s commitment to supporting workers, the statement added. It aims to improve their quality of life and create a better work environment, ultimately benefiting both employees through higher living standards. Following the National Wages Council’s decision, Minister...
The $20 an hour minimum wage for most fast-food workers in California will likely increase the cost of fast-food prices for customers.
Wages negotiated in collective bargaining agreements are unlikely to continue to rise as rapidly as in the past two years, according to AWVN, the key advisor on employment conditions at Dutch employers. The organization said that wage agreements concluded in March amounted to an average pay raise of 5.3 percent.A total of 22 collective labor agreements were concluded in March, covering approximately 210,000 employees. In January, the average wage increase agreed in collective agreements was 5.9...
Measures failed in a House committee Thursday that would have gradually increased Louisiana’s $7.25 an hour minimum wage and make discriminating against LGBTQ people in the workforce illegal.
President Joe Biden has a long-term vision for America’s economy—one that’s largely been obscured by the short-term disruptions of our post-pandemic reality. Of course, while inflation has dogged nearly every economically advanced nation over the past several years, the U.S. economy under Biden has performed exceptionally well in comparison with its counterparts and is getting better all the time. But while improved economic metrics are no doubt a relief, Bidenomics is really about driving a...
Studies have repeatedly shown wage increases bring few job cuts and boost local economies.