New York City and the state will enact several new laws in 2026, primarily pertaining to employment, health care and consumer ...

Among them, benefits for minimum wage workers, cancer patients and parents of young children. Also, a change to child abuse ...

The minimum wage in the Capital Region is set to increase Thursday to $16 an hour, up 50 cents an hour from the 2025 rate.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City’s minimum wage is getting a boost in 2026. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, minimum wage workers in ...

Minimum wage workers across New York will see another pay increase in 2026, with rates rising to $17 in New York City and ...

Starting January 1, 2026, the state of New York will raise salary thresholds for overtime-exempt executive and administrative ...

The “We Are Drowning” report, available at the bottom of this story, found that costs for food and rent rose 23% over the last five years. And the average tip is 19.3% of the bill, representing a ...

Starbucks has agreed to pay over $35 million in a landmark settlement with New York City over allegations it illegally cut back thousands of workers' hours in violation of the city's Fair Workweek Law ...

Unionized beer delivery and distribution workers went on strike Tuesday morning after the union and Manhattan Beer & Beverage Distributors failed to reach a new contract covering 600 employees. The ...

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