Lawyers

• Labor Market Gap, How The Changing Technology Affects Employers and Employees

  With the changing technology, the labor market and the issue of workers' rights are becoming more prevalent. The states need to step in to fix the labor issues and by drafting the right policies.

• Target increases minimum wage to $10 an hour in attempt to maintain competitive workforce

  Retail company Target has increased its minimum wage for employees to $10 an hour in an attempt to retain talent and attract competitive new employees.

• California and New York Governors sign bill increasing minimum wage to $15 per hour

  Governor Jerry Brown of California and Andrew Cuomo of New York already signed the bill that would increase the minimum wage of workers to $15 per hour. Both states will be considered the very first large states to enact such law.

• New York lawmakers set to approve $15 wage minimum wage plan

  New York is set to join California on the path to a $15 minimum wage under an agreement headed to a vote in the state Legislature that would boost the wages of more than 2 million workers.

• Oregon lawmakers approve landmark legislation of state’s minimum wage bill

  Oregon lawmakers passed the landmark legislation that pushes the state's minimum wage bill through an unparalleled tiered system based on geography.

• A minimum-wage hike finds hope in U.S. heartland

  President Barack Obama's push to raise the minimum wage, which has largely found success in liberal-leaning coastal states to date, could make headway in the conservative heartland in the November elections.

• $10 Minimum Wage: California Legislature Approves Pay Boost for Employees for 1st Time in 5 Years (Video)

  California's legislature approved a bill that will boost the state's minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016. Governor Jerry Brown said he would sign the measure, which is expected to raise the current $8 minimum wage to $9 an hour next July and $10 by January 1, 2016.

• $22 Minimum Wage: Senator Elizabeth Warren Argues Rates Should Increase with Worker Productivity (Video)

  Senator Elizabeth Warren made a case for increasing the minimum wage during last week's Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Hearing. There she cited a study that suggested the federal minimum wage would have stood at nearly $22 an hour today if it kept up with increased rates in worker productivity.