Minimum Wage

Barbara Ehrenreich is a writer and journalist who decided to conduct an experiment and find out for herself what it is like to live on the minimum wage. For one month at a time she entered various communities, taking on minimum wage positions and trying to stay ahead. Ehrenreich detailed her experience in the book […]

Minimum wage is the least amount of pay that a person receives for the job that he/she performs. The minimum wage in Massachusetts is $5.50. A job that pay”s minimum wage offers little or no opportunity for improvement. Majority of the people who work for minimum wage are students, people with little education, or immigrants. […]

The franchise joint employer battle continues, now spreading to the massage franchise sector. Last week, a California judge ruled that Massage Envy is not the employer of massage therapists in franchised locations. As a result, only franchisees, not the franchisor, could be held responsible for alleged wage violations. “These rulings reinforce IFA’s [International Franchise Association] […]

The Case Against a Higher Minimum Wage raising the minimum wage hurts the poor. It takes away jobs, keeps people on welfare, and encourages high-school students to drop out. Policy makers should be clear on the consequence of higher minimum wages. Jobs and the Minimum Wage Economists have studied the job-destroying features of a higher […]