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The Biden administration remains staunchly supportive of Budget Director pick Neera Tanden as well as working towards raising the federal minimum wage, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Sunday. “We remain committed to fighting our hearts out for Neera Tanden,” Psaki told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace. “We believe she is the right person — she is qualified, …

Walmart announced it would raise pay for some workers, while maintaining an $11 starting wage. CEO Doug McMillon said the raises would help the company create a “ladder of opportunity.” He added that a $15 minimum wage should be paced in a way that benefits the US economy. Visit the Business section of Insider for …

Hundreds if not thousands of businesses launch every day, and yours might be next, but do you have the necessary technology? There’s no debate that practically everything we do requires technology these days, and business is no different. Of course, some businesses will need more tech equipment than others, but we’re going to break down …

RICHARDSON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. today unveiled TransLambda™ technology, a groundbreaking approach to multiplying capacity in today’s fiber networks with minimal operational overhead and negligible capital investment. Fujitsu is introducing the TransLambda Test Kit to enable network service providers and data center operators to conduct proof of concept lab trials. The rise of 5G, …

Health and medicine  |  News releases  |  Public Health  |  Research  |  Social science February 10, 2020 Results of a new University of Washington study shine a spotlight on segments of the population that need to be studied in relation to rising minimum wages.Josh Appel/Unsplash   In the decade-long absence of federal action, many states, …

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) – Johnson County supervisors are asking state lawmakers for help with regulations on mental health facilities and the ability to set their own minimum wage in 2020. “We feel we’re the best situated to make decisions for our own constituents and we’d like to see the legislature reflect that,” Board of …

Tory ministers today claimed they will raise the minimum wage to £10.50 an hour for all people over 21 by 2024. The ‘National Living Wage’ – currently £8.21 for people over 25 – will be extended to people over 21 who currently get £7.70, Chancellor Sajid Javid announced. And future rises will be pegged to …

AUSTRALIA HAS long been at the leading edge of minimum wages. The state of Victoria was the second place in the world to introduce a wage floor in 1896, beaten only by New Zealand. A landmark legal case in 1907 took a more expansive view of a fair wage, ruling that it should be enough …

The House vote was 231-199. Three Republicans — Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Francis Rooney of Florida and Chris Smith of New Jersey — joined most Democrats in supporting the measure. Six Democrats — including Anthony Brindisi of New York, Joe Cunningham of South Carolina, Kendra Horn of Oklahoma, Ben McAdams of Utah, Kurt Schrader of …

Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds up seven-year-old Kassidy Durham of Durham, North Carolina, during a news conference prior to a vote on the Raise the Wage Act July 18, 2019 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images The House passed a bill Thursday to hike the …