Politics $15 Minimum Wage Would Boost 17 Million Workers, Cut 1.3 Million Jobs, CBO Says The Congressional Budget Office analyzed the impact of lifting the $7.25 federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. The House is expected to vote next week on a bill to lift the federal minimum. Alina Selyukh
Business Washington may extend overtime rules to thousands more workers A sweeping proposal by the state Department of Labor and Industries could grant overtime pay to thousands more workers in Washington. Paige Browning
Business Bank of America Raising Its Minimum Wage To $20 An Hour The wage increase, to be phased in by 2021, comes as the strong economy means employers are competing to fill open positions. Jim Zarroli
National U.S. Jobs Rebound To Solid Growth; Unemployment Holds At 3.8 Percent Employers added 196,000 jobs in March, bouncing back from February's weak growth, the Labor Department said Friday. The jobless rate was unchanged at nearly 50-year lows. Scott Horsley
Politics Bill Raising Federal Minimum Wage To $15 Heads To U.S. House Floor It's the Democrats' latest attempt to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 from $7.25 by 2024. Amazon and several presidential candidates support the bill, though it faces high hurdles in the Senate. Alina Selyukh
Business These are the changes coming to Seattle paychecks in 2019 Lots of people in Seattle are looking forward to a pay raise in 2019. Angela King Paige Browning
What Skittles can teach you about your sexist workplace How much money do you make? Turn and tell a coworker. If you just cringed, you're like a lot of Americans when it comes to talking about salary at work.... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Seahawks cheerleaders earn minimum wage — and can’t date players NFL cheerleading is being scrutinized after a professional cheerleader sued the New Orleans Saints. Her discrimination complaint comes on top of reports... Paige Browning
In a city with $15 minimum wage, do I still need to leave a tip? KUOW listener Derek Hanson wanted to know, in a city with a $15 per hour minimum wage, "do I still need to tip?" The short answer is a full-throated yes... David Hyde
Study pegs Seattle's basic living cost at $76,000 (even without lattes) A family of four now needs annual income of nearly $76,000 just for basics to live in Seattle – up $30,000 from 2006. That’s according to researchers at... David Hyde
