Private contractors that hold thousands of undocumented immigrants in detention centers for the federal government must pay ...

The Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, the only privately owned detention center in Washington, can hold up to 1,575 ...

A majority of the Ninth Circuit panel decried the private jail's attempt to argue federal law prohibits it from paying its ...

New research in Contemporary Economic Policy indicates that rising minimum wages in a state are associated with reduced summer employment for ...

A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that people held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center must be paid the state’s ...

Geo Group (GEO) reviews its options to appeal a court ruling over whether Washington state minimum wage laws apply to a ...

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld rulings requiring private prison operator GEO Group to pay more than $23 million to ...

Some 65 cities across the country rolled out wage increases at the start of the month, and restaurant owners are still ...

Some 65 cities across the country rolled out wage increases at the start of the month. Cities in Colorado, Washington and California have some of the highest minimum ... of the state," he said.

Increasing pay for care workers of those with developmental disabilities can save the state money. Among Washington state’s most vulnerable people are some 4,600 who live with significant intellectual ...

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO), which operates prisons and detention centers, is reviewing a ruling in the plaintiff's favor, agreeing that the Washington state minimum wage applies to workers in the Tacoma ...