Red State Lawmakers Look at Noncompete Bans for Low-Wage Workers

The movement toward shielding low-wage workers from job-mobility restrictions could be gaining more bipartisan appeal.

January Jobs Report: Strong Job Growth But Pandemic’s Toll Still Felt Most by Black and Latinx Workers

Survey of Temp Workers Spotlights Widespread Industry Abuses: Poverty Pay, Permatemping, Wage Theft, Unsafe Conditions

The Guardian: Underpaid and misled: how staffing agencies manipulate temps

Report shows temp workers have few protections, even as staffing industry sees explosive growth

Government Executive: The Deadline is Here for Federal Contractors to Start Paying at least $15 an Hour

The “Fight for $15," movement, which will mark its 10-year anniversary in November 2022.

Marketplace: The difference a higher minimum wage makes

A record number of states and cities are raising their minimum wage this year, according to a tally from the National Employment Law Project.

Capital & Main: Will the Biden Administration Deliver on Overtime Pay?

“When you talk to workers, it’s as much about getting their personal lives and time back as it is about earning more, and reclaiming the 40-hour workweek.”

December Jobs Report: Economic Recovery Remains Unstable and Unequal

Yahoo! Finance: The U.S. to see ‘the largest wave of minimum wage raises’ in 2022: Policy program director

These raises that took effect this week and that combined with other scheduled for later this year are the largest wave of minimum wage raises that we've seen.

NBC News NOW: Minimum Wage will Rise in 21 States on January 1