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Venezuela: Gov’t Increases Minimum Wage, Announces Public Spending

By Ricardo Vaz Oct 16th 2019 @ 2:43pm The Maduro government raised the minimum wage by 275 percent on Monday. The new minimum wage was set at 150,000 sovereign bolivars (BsS), around US $7.5 at the current exchange rate, up from 40,000 BsS. Active public and private sector workers also receive a monthly food bonus,

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State Officials Confirm Minimum Wage on Track to Reach $11 at Start of 2020

JOHN REITMEYER OCTOBER 16, 2019 New Jersey’s statewide hourly minimum wage is on course to increase to $11 at the beginning of next year for most low-wage workers, state labor officials said yesterday. The announcement by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development was a formality since the increase for 2020 had already been scheduled

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Cambridge City Council works with businesses that want to help reduce poverty in Cambridge

By Dylan Wiggan OCT 17 2019 Cambridge City Council is working with businesses to help them develop local corporate social responsibility approaches to reduce poverty in Cambridge. It is also encouraging business to pay their staff the Real Living Wage, to help tackle poverty and provide a wide range of benefits to businesses themselves. To

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