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Beginning in 2022, millions of Americans may see a rise in their wages as a result of state minimum wage increases. According to a report released Monday by the worker advocacy group National Employment Law Project,

Piece rate arrangements have been overruled ensuring farm workers and fruit pickers are guaranteed a minimum wage as opposed to the quantity they handle when picking or packing. The landslide ruling delivered by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) on Wednesday,

Fruit pickers have won a hard fought battle to be guaranteed a minimum wage. The Fair Work Commission's draft decision late yesterday is seen as a blow for farmers who lobbied to maintain their access to piecework rates plus workers' right to be paid according to their efforts.

The Australian Workers' Union has hailed a Fair Work Commission ruling on the wages of fruit pickers as giving workers "a fair day's pay for a fair day's work". Fruit pickers will now be guaranteed a minimum wage after a ruling by the Fair Work Commission.

Pursuant to Maine law (Maine statute 26 MRS §664), effective January 1, 2022, the state minimum wage will increase from $12.15 to $12.75 per hour, based on data recently made available by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The federal minimum wage has sat at $7.25 per hour since 2009. Experts and advocates say that's no longer a livable pay rate.

A Jason's Deli in Florida faced a backlash and 1-star Google reviews after its hiring notice said workers should outdo the owner for $15/hour.

CVS Health employees will make a minimum wage of $15 per hour, a standard met by competitors Amazon, Costco, and Target.

Fruit pickers are paid based on the amount they pick. But the Australian Workers' Union claims this means some are being paid as little as $3 an hour.

Being paid $2 per hour for picking fruit would be illegal under a union's proposal to guarantee new rights for horticulture workers. The full bench of the