September 2019

Seattle company continues expansion of $70,000 minimum salary

BY NICK BOWMAN SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 @5:48 AM Gravity Payments — the company known for its groundbreaking $70,000 minimum salary for its Seattle employees — expanded that offering to its Boise, Idaho offices. The move was announced in Tuesday news release, putting its Boise employees on track to meet the $70,000 salary minimum by 2024. […]

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Hong Kong raises minimum wage for foreign domestic helpers by 2.4 pct

By Xinhua Editor: Huaxia Sep 27, 2019 @Friday 11:17 PM HONG KONG, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — The minimum allowable wage for foreign domestic helpers in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) will rise 2.4 percent to 4,630 HK dollars (about 590.53 U.S. dollars) per month, the SAR government announced Friday. Under Hong Kong’s standard

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Alaska’s minimum wage will increase to more than $10 an hour come January

By Kristen Durand Sep 26, 2019 @Thu 5:59 PM ANCHORAGE (KTUU) – Minimum wage workers will see an increase in their paychecks next year. Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development has announced the increase will top ten dollars an hour. Come January 2020, the minimum wage will go from $9.89 to $10.19, up 3-percent

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California job growth was healthy in August, but the labor force is shrinking

By Margot RooseveltStaff Writer  Sep. 20, 2019 @ 1:13 PM California’s record job expansion accelerated in August across broad sectors of the economy and unemployment remained low as the state weathered the challenges of slowing global growth. Employers added 34,000 positions last month — the 114th month that payrolls grew and the longest expansion in state

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