SB 676 would allow people applying for certain jobs to check a box saying they'd take less than minimum wage. Critics say it's ripe for abuse.

The Florida constitution increases the minimum wage to $14 an hour on Sept. 30 and will go to $15 an hour on Sept. 30, 2026.

A group of Democrats in the North Carolina General Assembly have filed an ambitious bill that would raise the minimum wage, mandate equal pay for equal work, require paid family leave and reenact child tax credits.

Some workers in Florida would be allowed to be paid well below the state’s current $13 minimum wage if a bill that cleared its first Senate committee Monday becomes law.