Seattle’s minimum-wage ordinance was one of the earliest and most aggressive of the recent wave. In 2014, the city passed a law raising the city’s minimum wage — already among the nation’s ...

The city of Seattle’s minimum wage is increasing to $20.76 per hour, beginning Jan. 1, 2025. The Seattle Office of Labor Standards (OLS) announced the increase on Thursday as part of the annual ...

The city’s Office of Labor Standards announced the new minimum wages which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2020. For large employers with 501 employees or more, the minimum wage is going up 39 cents ...

At least six Seattle restaurants have closed since a new $20.76-an-hour minimum wage went into effect on Jan. 1. Tommy – stock.adobe.com ...

The UW team published its first reportlast July on the impact of the first jump in Seattle’s minimum wage, which went in April 2015 from $9.47 to $10 or $11 an hour, depending on business size ...

Martina Phelps says the Seattle City Council's historic vote Monday to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour could change her life. Phelps, 22, earns $9.47 per hour working for a McDonald's ...

The study to which I’m referring examines the impact of the first stage of the minimum-wage increase in Seattle. In April 2015, the city raised its minimum wage from around $9.50 to $11, on the ...

A year after Seattle’s minimum-wage increase went into effect, Tegegne Desta Yigzaw is bringing home larger paychecks. Yigzaw began earning $13 per hour Jan. 1 at his 40-hour-a week job at a ...

Reporting from Seattle — This progressive and expensive city struck a blow against rising income inequality Monday when the City Council voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage to $15 an ...

Seattle’s minimum wage hike, which would jack up wages to $15 an hour by 2017 for companies with more than 500 employees, was passed five years ago by the City Council.