When minimum wage is too low, it not only mires workers in poverty, it undermines the consumer demand at the heart of our economy.
It may be a good idea, but for whom? Experts weigh in on the impacts a minimum wage increase could have on employment and the economy.
Whether a minimum wage hike will destroy jobs as opponents claim, or help to combat poverty as supporters argue, is a question of perspective.
Four states passed proposals to increase the minimum wage, adding to the growing support for higher pay floors for U.S. workers.
Improving wages could prod the Fed to move sooner on interest rates.
