California also has higher minimum wages for certain health care workers and a $20 minimum wage for fast food restaurant employees.
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Tim Fang,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
Companies at the top of the rankings often share common efforts across their workforces, from increasing professional development training hours to higher minimum wages and parental leave policies.
Anika Agrawal, a member of the union’s bargaining team and a PhD student studying natural resources and the environment, said that the rise in fees would negate any increase in stipends the students had received over the last few years.
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Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
About 90% of Heart Village residents were relocated ahead of construction and promised $10,000 stipends, though about a dozen say they were instead served eviction notices, The Star reported in 2021.
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