In 1796, Edward Jenner scratched a lesion of a milkmaid. He injected the material (pus) into an eight-year-old and then exposed the boy to smallpox, a highly infectious disease. The child remained ...

Businesses would be able to pay workers involved in, say, apprenticeships less than minimum wage under a bill that cleared a ...

The pay rise comes as the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage increase. More than 3 million workers in shops, restaurants and workplaces across the UK will benefit from the boost.

Initially announced at the Budget in Autumn, the 6.7 per cent increase will be worth £1,400 a year for an eligible full-time worker. The National Living Wage will increase to £12.21 per hour, while ...

President Trump issued an executive order ending the obligation to pay individuals working on or in connection with certain ...

Some state lawmakers are engaged in a tug-of-war for power with the people who elected them. In several states, lawmakers ...

A little-noticed Trump administration move will decrease the minimum wage for federal contractors, rolling back a boost that ...

President Trump just rescinded an executive order that mandated a higher minimum wage for workers on federal contracts. The Biden-era order ...

You established a universal pre-K program, imposed term limits and raised the minimum wage. You legalized medical marijuana, demanded smaller class sizes and guaranteed that people who pay all ...

President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order issued by his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, that required ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, ...