The new year brings expanded paid sick leave, protections for Seattle app-based workers, more safety regulations and ...

Washington State enacts new laws including a raised minimum wage, stricter negligent driving penalties, and a ban on selling ...

Over 9.2 million minimum-wage workers will have higher paychecks this year as 21 states raised their wage floors to adjust for inflation, ballot measures, and legislation.

Restaurants and coffee shops, which often operate on thin profit margins, are struggling to absorb the costs of the $20.76 ...

Minimum wage in the city will rise to $20.76 per hour beginning midnight on New Year’s Day, one of the highest rates in the ...

As of Jan. 1, the state’s minimum ... wage for 14- and 15-year-olds will be $14.16 an hour. That’s not the only change in store for workers this new year, however, according to the Washington ...

Increases in Delaware, Illinois and Rhode Island will bring those states' minimums to $15 an hour, meaning 10 states and Washington, D.C., will now have $15 or higher minimum wage.

This marks a 2.35% rise from the 2024 minimum wage, driven by increasing housing and food costs according to the Bureau of Labor. Washington state remains the highest state-level minimum wage in ...

SEATTLE — The minimum wage in Washington state and several cities, including Seattle, will go up next week as agencies adjust for inflation. Washington state minimum wage will increase to $16.66 ...

OLYMPIA, Wash - Thousands of Washington workers will get a raise in the new year, as the state's minimum wage rises again.

Washington had the highest state-level minimum wage in the nation in 2024 (Washington D.C.’s wage is $17), though the federal wage is still $7.25. Cities and counties in the state, however ...