Minimum wage

I have never seen anything like it as a patron or staff.

Do I really need to tip on a purchase at a florist? If so, how much? And will these workers even get this money if I do?

Visiting Europeans are often appalled by U.S. service workers' reliance on generous tips to make a living—are they right?

"They've never actually had that hustle," the former president's eldest son said about members of Congress.

A video of the automated McDonald's in Fort Worth, Texas, went viral on Thursday. The test store does not require human interaction to order a meal.

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"Why not just raise prices a tad? Oh wait to villainize the workers," one Twitter user wrote about the situation.

"Why am I gonna put my life on the line for my $11 an hour?" one user asked.

Reddit users advised the woman to report her former boss to the Department of Labor and contact an employment attorney asap.

"Thank you to each and every one of you for telling employers why the pay is too low, so they understand the disconnect," one user commented.

The OP says that she has a minimum wage job and makes too much to qualify for federal help, but not enough to live on—especially after her rent was raised $200.

"At my last straw I was working full time, no days off with the wife, and no money (literally) after scraping by with what I needed for rent," said the worker.

"When you were a kid a new truck was $7k and a house was $40k, of course you would have loved 15/hr," one top-voted comment said.

"Money is our caste system," one Redditor said in response to a post on whether it's fair that tenants have to provide references but landlords don't.

"Do you want to lose employees because that's how you lose employees," one user commented about the situation.

"You guys have been gaslit about what workers deserve for so long," one commenter said about the offer.

A photo shared on social media shows a Mobil station in Los Angeles offering regular gasoline for $7.29 a gallon.

Researchers said the statistic doesn't include the workers with disabilities working for pay below the federal minimum wage.

"Instead of paying these food runners an hourly wage, they're paying them $2.13 per hour, and their tips are coming out of my tips," the server vented.

In some states, costs are offset by higher minimum wages or steady gas prices, but for workers in places like Idaho, commuting has its own price tag.

Jobs With Justice's Adam Shah told Newsweek that ride-sharing apps will need to realize that their drivers might leave if gas costs aren't reimbursed.

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that 10 employees were not paid wages or overtime and were forced to live off tips.

"The employment system is broken, the education system is broken, our values and culture are broken," a Redditor commented.

"We don't value teachers in this country, simple as that," a commenter remarked about the teaching profession.

Workers across industries, from coffee shops to newsrooms to manufacturing plants, are rising up and demanding better treatment, safer conditions, and – yes – higher wages.

Americans got hefty raises last year, but those fatter paychecks failed to keep the typical worker afloat as consumer prices soared.

By 2022, California will pay minimum wage workers $15 an hour—more than double the pay of their counterparts in 20 other states.

Reddit users slammed an employer who berated an interviewee for their pay expectations.

Commenters suggested that the low pay was the reason the restaurant did not "have employees" and "why everyone is fed up working in fast food."

The Department of Labor estimates half of the workers who will see a pay increase are women, 25 percent are Hispanic and 15 percent are Black.