Closing The Wage Gap

January 7, 2020

Editorial: Recognizing local employers for raising wages

By JAMES H. WALLACE January 7 2020 Businesses know the benefits of investing in their employees. Happier workforces lead to better productivity and turnover can be costly — especially in current times of low unemployment. On ...more

January 7, 2020

Vermont lawmakers return Tuesday promising quick action on key legislation

By Stewart Ledbetter Jan 6, 2020 Vermont lawmakers return to the Statehouse Tuesday for the second half of the biennium. In the opening days of 2020, the House and Senate will consider compromise legislation to raise the state ...more

January 7, 2020

As cost of living soars, SF program to help struggling airport workers pay bills

Heather Knight Jan. 7, 2020 In one of the most expensive cities in the world, plenty of fully employed people are one emergency away from a financial catastrophe. And in a region with almost no unemployment, bosses are constantly ...more

January 7, 2020

Editorial — Taking their order: Food service employees have been spared state fiat on tip credit

For several years, we have spoken out on this page against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s habit of manipulating the wages required to be paid to certain employees in certain industries. With little regard for the financial strains they ...more

January 7, 2020

Religious leaders ask politicians to work to reduce poverty

By Jennifer McDermott, Jan. 7, 2020 Religious leaders in Rhode Island asked the state’s politicians Tuesday to pass bills this year to address poverty. Members of the Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty marched to ...more

January 7, 2020

Why the apprentice minimum wage is 'exploitative'

By Dexter Hutchings, January 7 2020 An increase in the national minimum wage for apprentices sounds like good news and is a step in the right direction, but for many people struggling to live on these appallingly low rates, it’s ...more

January 7, 2020

Sentara Healthcare expands its living wage initiative for employees

By Moriah Davis and Hailey Wilt | January 6, 2020 Employees at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital will soon have a few extra dollars in their pockets. The Sentara Hospital System as a whole is raising the minimum wage for staff. As ...more

January 7, 2020

Siskiyou County Employees begin strike for equality

by Felisha Le'CherMonday, January 6th 2020 Organized Employees of Siskiyou County (OESC) went on strike early Monday morning to fight for their health benefits and fair wages. Picketing began at the County Administrative Office on ...more

January 7, 2020

Nigeria: Minimum Wage - 25 States Fail Labour's December 31 Deadline FacebookTwitterWhatsAppFlipboardLinkedInRedditEmailShare

JANUARY 7 2020 No fewer than 25 states of the federation have failed to meet the December 31, 2019, deadline given by organised labour to conclude all negotiations on the consequential adjustment arising from the N30,000 new minimum ...more

January 7, 2020

RTWPB pegs Bohol minimum wage at P356

January 7th 2020 From P338, the Regional Tripartite Wages Productivity Board (RTWPB) approved the implementation of P18 wage increase to peg the minimum wage for private sector workers and employees other than in Tagbilaran to P356.00...more