Changes to Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Act take effect starting Aug. 5. The new regulations update how employers pay tipped workers and ensure that salaried employees with fluctuating schedules are properly compensated for overtime. 

State workers will receive a minimum wage of $15 per hour by Jan. 31, after Gov. Tom Wolf amended his executive order that initially raised the rate by 2024.  

For-profit businesses that receive assistance through the Department of Community and Economic Development will have to offer paid sick leave under an executive order signed by Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday. 

As the debate continues over raising the federal and state minimum wage, CVS Health has become the latest company to announce that it is raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour.

It’s a good time to be a worker in the region. Wages are dramatically higher because of growth in the industrial sector and the demand for workers in retail and hospitality industries that had to let many employees go at the height of the pandemic.

Wages are dramatically higher because of growth in the industrial sector and the demand for workers in retail and hospitality industries that had to let many employees go at the height of the pandemic.

Governor Tom Wolf called for Pennsylvania to raise its minimum wage from $7.25 to $12 by the beginning of July.

For the service worker, tips are a way of life. Those who serve food or pour drinks, carry luggage, cut hair and polish nails all work in occupations where the customer largely determines how much their work is worth.

The entire Lehigh Valley delegation voted in favor of the $34 billion state budget, which was passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

The debate over lifting Pennsylvania’s minimum wage is reverberating among small-business owners in the Lehigh Valley who worry about the consequences.