minimum wage law

SEATTLE (AP) — A new study of Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage law says it costs jobs, contrary to another new study released last week. The Seattle Times reports a University of Washington team found the law boosted pay in low-wage jobs since 2014 but that it also caused a 9 percent reduction in hours worked...

SEATTLE (AP) — A new study says Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage law has boosted pay for restaurant workers without costing jobs. The report, from the University of California at Berkeley, is certain to add to the debate as activists around the country push for increases in local, state and federal minimum wages...

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has approved an $8.2 million court settlement to resolve the claims of thousands of workers who said they were paid less than $15 per hour after the minimum wage law in SeaTac went into effect. The Seattle Times reports Judge Robert Lasnik of the U...

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has ordered a company that provides catered food for airline flights and to be sold at convenience stores to pay $335,000 for violations of the city's minimum wage law. Seattle's law took effect in April 2015 and is incrementally raising the minimum to $15 an hour...

SEATTLE (AP) — The International Franchise Association is appealing part of Seattle's $15 minimum wage law that it claims discriminates against franchise owners. The Seattle Times reports the association said Monday it has asked the U.S. S...