minimum wage

Ohio's hourly minimum wage is about to rise again, with the rate going up by 25 cents an hour Tuesday from $8.30 to $8.55.Workers who receive tips will…

Columbus City Council on Monday approved a 5 percent tax on tickets with a last-minute amendment exempting most non-profit organizations. The proposal…

Columbus uses income tax incentives to encourage employers to create jobs. On Friday, City Council member Elizabeth Brown is announcing a measure…

Central Ohio's Kroger employees have agreed to a new labor deal.The agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1059 increases the…

The retail giant, run by the world's richest man, was criticized earlier this year after revealing its workers' median pay was $28,446.

Democratic Ohio lawmakers are making another effort to raise the state’s minimum wage.Ohio House and Senate Democrats are backing a new bill that would…

The federal minimum wage is stuck at $7.25 per hour. But many states have pushed wage floors higher over the years. Now, 18 states and 20 localities will raise their minimum wage on Jan. 1.

The Cleveland mayor’s office says about 500 city workers would see their pay rise to a minimum of $15 an hour under a proposal by Mayor Frank Jackson. Jackson, who is running for a fourth term this year, said in a news release that the increase would apply both to union and to non-union workers. It would go into effect April 2018. Some workers represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 1 would see their pay increase, the union said. Exactly how many wasn’t clear. Local 1’s membership includes janitors at the airport and city buildings.

A state senator is proposing a bill that would give local government officials more control over what they pay construction workers on government…

Ohio’s minimum wage is set to increase on January 1 st .