Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Tories quietly exempt scores of rogue firms from being named and shamed over minimum wage
By Nicola Bartlett FEB 11, 2020 Ministers have brought back a policy of naming and shaming firms who underpay their staff but the government have quietly exempted scores of rogue firms from being named and shamed over not paying the minimum wage. Ministers axed a policy of publishing the names of businesses who don’t pay
Washington County decides against separate pay scale for part-timers
By Julie E. Greene Feb 10, 2020 Washington County will meet new minimum-wage requirements six months ahead of the state’s mandated schedule moving forward. The county commissioners, by consensus, recently agreed to provide raises to meet the new minimum-wage scale, effective July 1 of each year instead of Jan. 1 of the following year. For
Near Silicon Valley, Human Service Nonprofits Fail to Pay Living Wages
The Patch January 29, 2020 A human resources survey conducted by Community Bridges, in partnership with the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County and the Human Care Alliance of Santa Cruz County (HCA), gives us reason to revisit how nonprofit personnel are faring in a growing economy with historically low unemployment. From some perspectives, these
Wage increases- here and there
By Morf Morford February 11, 2020 Politicians are notorious for claiming credit for work they didn’t do or that was done before they came along. Exaggeration and hyperbole is part of the landscape. If you or I spoke like that, or represented ourselves on our resumes as having made those accomplishments, we’d be fired or
BERNIE SANDERS ON THE MINIMUM WAGE
Bernie Sanders is at the forefront of the fight to make the minimum wage a living wage. Over the past 40 years, the cost of living has increased significantly while workers’ wages have stayed relatively flat, despite increased productivity. Meanwhile, the pay of CEOs is up nearly 1000 percent since 1978 — a figure that
Naming employers who fail to pay minimum wage to be resumed under revamped rules
By Kelly Tolhurst February 11, 2020 Businesses that fail to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage will continue to be publicly named by the government, following a review of the scheme. Employers who fail to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage to be publicly named review of public naming