A new study from researchers at University of California, Santa Cruz, found that while more people are applying for fast food jobs because of the higher wages, many are not seeing increased hours or ...

Workers at franchised fast food restaurants got a big pay bump about two years ago. A UC Santa Cruz economics researcher suggests that may have come with a side of unintended consequences.

A Trump administration attorney conceded it needs immigrant farmworkers in federal court as she defended a policy that would cut their pay.

Voters in Alameda County may decide on a proposal later this year that would raise the county's minimum wage to $30 an hour, nearly double the state's current minimum wage.

Two years ago, a hotly contested law imposing a $20-per-hour minimum wage on franchised fast food outlets took effect. The legislation, Assembly Bill ...

A Trump administration attorney conceded it needs immigrant farmworkers in federal court as she defended a policy that would cut their pay.

From rising housing costs to increasing gas prices, California remains one of the most expensive states to live in the nation. The income needed to comfortably cover basic expenses has continued to ...

"The state's high wages have not kept pace with housing costs," experts say.

A new report reveals that wage theft is rampant among California's domestic workers, as 20% of them get paid less than minimum wage.

Yesterday, organizers held a press conference in Oakland about a new ballot proposal that would raise Alameda County’s minimum wage to thirty dollars.