Closing the Wage Gap
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Minimum wage in Denver will increase next year to more than $17 per hour
By: Kieran Nicholson | The Denver Post | Aug 16, 2022 The minimum wage in Denver will increase to $17.29 per hour beginning January 1, an annual adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index. Denver will be among several dozen cities nationwide with minimum wages over $17 per hour, city officials said in a news release.
Lawmaker outlines new effort to hike minimum wage in New York
By: Kate Lisa | Spectrum News | Aug 15, 2022 Some labor unions and progressive state lawmakers want to make an annual increase in the minimum wage a top priority next session. A bill to implement a permanent increase to the state’s minimum wage rate set to the Consumer Price Index, died this session, but
Portland, Maine Voters to Decide on Raising Minimum Wage, Eliminating Tip Credit, and Classifying Ride-share and Delivery Drivers as Employees
By: Steve Silver | Lexology | Aug 11, 2022 The Portland, Maine City Council voted unanimously on August 8, 2022, to send five citizen-initiated referendums to voters in the November election. One of the referendums that will appear on the November 8 ballot – “An Act to Eliminate the Sub-Minimum Wage, Increase the Minimum Wage
City and county of Denver set to increase local minimum wage to $17.29 an hour for 2023
By: 9NEWS | YouTube | Aug 10, 2022 The scheduled increase comes from the city’s local minimum wage ordinance that was approved in November 2019. (Read More)
Groups divided on minimum wage
By: Carol Sanders | The Brandon Sun | Aug 11, 2022 WINNIPEG — Business and labour groups in Manitoba can’t agree on what the new provincial minimum wage should be, with a government announcement expected within the next two weeks. (Read More)
No gain for the 4th time, government predicts NEW MINIMUM WAGE 2023
By: Yadunandan Singh | Aug 9, 2022 The year 2022 is not over yet, but discussions about the new minimum wage 2023 are heated. Preliminary information shows that the president’s government Jair Bolsonaro (PL) may propose a national floor of R$ 1,302 for next year. (Read More)