"Some families actually rely on their children as the breadwinners," said Fiona Joseph, 17, of Elizabeth. "Some people that I know — they work to pay the bills."
As far as I'm concerned, the government shouldn't be telling businesses how they should operate until they at least prove that they could run one successfully.
Lawmakers ticked through a series of exceptions they'd like if a $15 an hour minimum wage is adopted, as Gov. Phil Murphy and his labor commissioner want.
Three weeks since he was elected, and still seven weeks until he takes office, some of Gov.-elect Phil Murphy’s major promises are running into a rough patch.
Gov.-elect Phil Murphy ran on a campaign platform of raising the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour. But government workers in Bergen County won't have to wait for him to take office in January.