Sentences with phrase «at the minimum wage with»

As Passive Guy points out, «[t] he exquisite moral balancing described seems to ignore one big reality — most bookstore employees are working at minimum wage with little hope of being able earn enough from their employment to live in a pleasant residence, support a family or enjoy the even the most modest trappings of a middle - class life.

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Did you know at least half of all minimum wage workers in Ontario work for employers with over 500 employees?

That fits with findings that Generation Y are more likely to work part - time and at minimum wage than older generations, making sticking at a company and rising up the ranks more difficult.

Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.

Workers make at least $ 7 a day — Guatemala's minimum wage — in addition to bonuses, and can air grievances with HR.

The benefits to a higher minimum wage are modest, in fact it is not at all clear what we are trying to accomplish with a higher minimum wage.

With the advantages of youth on your side — a fresh perspective on business ideas, possibly low overhead (if you're living at home rent - free), and the ability to make mistakes early in the game and have plenty of time to correct them — starting a business is a very attractive option for young people who would rather answer to themselves than earn minimum wage.

At Tim Hortons, where the company is dealing with the fallout of bad publicity from its reaction to minimum wage increases in the country, comparable sales fell 0.3 percent in the quarter.

Seattle's new minimum wage law groups franchises with large businesses, putting the pressure on independent franchisees to increase workers» pay at an accelerated pace (a move that sparked a discrimination lawsuit from the IFA).

That may not sound like a lot of money, but over the course of a year, you could easily earn as much as if you were working full - time at a minimum wage job — only with the perks of running your own business!

By contrast, the states with the highest proportion of workers making the federal minimum wage or less are Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and Idaho, where between seven and eight percent of workers make at or below $ 7.25.

How can a single person or a person with a family survive on minimum wage / 75 years ago a man could go pump gas at a gas station and support his family.

In spite of much that still needs to be done, we had better rejoice and be thankful, not only for more comfortable living with the vast range of things technology has produced, but for more recognition of race and sex equality and advances toward implementation of these principles; better education; better health; minimum wage, unemployment and social security provisions; and a large network of social agencies that we sometimes fume at as being bureaucratic and expensive but which few of us would want to see abolished.

Labor costs often amount to as much as half of the budget for a school nutrition department, but salary for cafeteria workers varies greatly, with some districts paying close to minimum wage for entry level workers, while others may pay closer to $ 15 - 20 per hour even for those workers still at first step.

At 11 a.m., state Restaurant Association President and CEO Melissa Fleischut will meet with restauranteurs and servers from Rochester to discuss how the potential elimination of the minimum wage tip credit will impact them, Rohrbach Beer Hall, 97 Railroad St., Rochester.

Although Labour's manifesto only hinted at reforming British capitalism — with timid measures on property taxation and house - building, a rise in the minimum wage and attempts to tax super-wealthy London - based oligarchs — it did address some of the fundamental imbalances of the British economy.

For New York City workers at companies with 11 or more employees, the minimum wage will increase to $ 11 an hour on Saturday.

For Cuomo, a united Democratic Senate majority is a nightmare scenario: a centrist at heart, he belittled raising the minimum wage before it came back into vogue, ridiculed the idea of hiking taxes on wealthy people, and still won't comply with a ten - year - old court ruling to fork over state cash to underfunded city public schools.

Workers at New York City businesses with no more than 10 employees will see their minimum wage increase to $ 10.50 an hour.

For workers in New York City employed by large businesses (those with at least 11 employees), the minimum wage would rise to $ 11 at the end of 2016, then another $ 2 each year after, reaching $ 15 on 12/31/2018.

When the state's minimum wage rises to $ 11 an hour from $ 9 on Dec. 31, workers at New York City businesses with more than 10 employees will see the largest percentage minimum - wage increase in 60 years.

For workers in the rest of the state, the minimum wage would increase to $ 9.70 at the end of 2016, then another.70 each year after until reaching $ 12.50 on 12/31/2020 — after which will continue to increase to $ 15 on an indexed schedule to be set by the Director of the Division of Budget in consultation with the Department of Labor.

Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday said at an unrelated news conference that the state Senate had blocked the minimum wage increase measure, disagreeing with the premise of my question that Gov. Andrew Cuomo didn't exert much effort to get the measure through the Legislature (Schumer is the sponsor of a federal measure to raise the national minimum wage).

Senate Democrats call for more education aid — at least $ 2 billion — while also backing an indexed minimum wage increase coupled with local control.

It will drive employers with part - time and / or lower - income employees to significantly modify their scheduling practices, at a time when they are also absorbing the costs of an increased minimum wage and dealing with the complexity of the new paid family leave act.»

The wage board, meeting Monday in Albany, has heard dozens of workers say they struggle to pay ordinary living expenses such as rent, utilities and transportation at the current minimum, often with fluctuating and part - time work schedules.

The minimum wage for city workers at businesses with 11 or more employees increased to $ 11 - an - hour Saturday and will rise incrementally to $ 15 by Dec. 31, 2018.

Prior to holding a rally at the Cohoes high school, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held an event in New York City with Governor Cuomo and top state Democratic lawmakers, to celebrate the state's passage of an increase to the state's minimum wage.

At a Common Council meeting last month, Plattsburgh City Taxi owner Perry Buck said that an increase in the maximum fare is necessary for the company to keep up with minimum wage increases.

Lucas pledged to set the minimum wage at 60 per cent of net nation average earnings - or # 8.10 an hour, compared with the current minimum wage of # 5.80.

Cuomo, speaking recently at an event with Vice President Joe Biden, quoted from his own father, former Governor Mario Cuomo's famous Tale of Two Cities speech at the 1984 Democratic convention, saying he wanted to continue his father's cause of economic justice by making a $ 15 an hour universal minimum wage in New York a top priority.

The minimum wage in New York state — with the exception of New York City, Long Island and Westchester County — is currently set at $ 9.70 and rose to $ 10.40 on Jan. 1.

Cuomo, speaking recently at an event with Vice President Joe Biden, quoted from his own father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo's famous «tale of two cities» speech at the 1984 Democratic convention, saying he wanted to continue his father's cause of economic justice by making a $ 15 an hour universal minimum wage in New York a top priority.

Mauro's leadership at FPI since 1993 has been essential to its development as a credible and effective advocacy organization that helps to shape the debate over key economic and fiscal issues in ways that ensure a voice for working people — from middle income homeowners struggling with high property tax bills to those families whose breadwinners toil in minimum wage jobs to the involuntarily unemployed.

With that implicit jab at Sanders, Clinton then turned to a more overt attack at her potential Republican opponent, Donald Trump, who said in a debate that he did not support a minimum wage.

Hutchins, with the Business Council, admits though that the anti minimum wage forces, which also include farmers and some not for profit groups that provide services to home care or the disabled, are at a distinct disadvantage.

At a raucous rally at the Capitol on Tuesday, Governor Cuomo announced he would back the pay boost, which aligns direct care workers with a faster increase in the state's minimum wage, initially approved in 201At a raucous rally at the Capitol on Tuesday, Governor Cuomo announced he would back the pay boost, which aligns direct care workers with a faster increase in the state's minimum wage, initially approved in 201at the Capitol on Tuesday, Governor Cuomo announced he would back the pay boost, which aligns direct care workers with a faster increase in the state's minimum wage, initially approved in 2015.

Though he's had an at - times difficult relationship with the left of the Democratic base, Cuomo on the convention floor sought to play up areas of commonality on policy, touting the push for the $ 15 minimum wage and 12 weeks of paid family leave — both measures that were approved in New York earlier this year (with, by the way, the Republicans in control of the state Senate).

After a legislative session in which he was able to secure a minimum wage increase, a sizable tax class aimed at the middle class and a paid - family leave program, Gov. Andrew Cuomo this summer has engaged in skirmishes with the Legislature over a variety of issues.

At 10:30 a.m., Nassau County low - wage workers and their families will urge Sen. Jack Martins to join with Cuomo and Senate Democrats in supporting minimum wage legislation, 252 Mineola Blvd., Mineola.

At 11 a.m., people with disabilities, workers and advocates speak gather to push for funding for the minimum wage, «The Well» of the Legislative Office Building, Albany.

He held another gaggle on Thursday with Albany reporters after rallying for the minimum wage at the Albany Labor Temple.

Even as Flanagan called the tax cuts insufficient when coupled with the wage increase, he didn't completely rule out action on the minimum wage at some point this year.

At 9 a.m., Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney meets with Hudson Valley workers who earn less than $ 15 an hour and want an increase in the state minimum wage, Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation, 15 Stone Castle Rd., Rock Tavern.

In the summer, and as Cuomo's feud with liberal New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio erupted into public view, Cuomo convened a wage board at the Department of Labor to study a minimum wage hike for workers in the fast - food industry.

«He told me that Ed was going to give a talk at the region's annual fund raising dinner and that prior to the dinner he had invited the media to join him at a local coffee shop to listen to a conversation he planned to have with a minimum wage worker.

ALBANY — With elections over, a coalition of business groups announced its united opposition to a proposed minimum wage increase they say will cause job losses upstate at a time when more of its factories are closing.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a statewide minimum wage of $ 10.50, with an extra dollar for New York City at $ 11.50.

Be careful — look at this YouGov poll which shows a majority of people would support renationalisation of the utilities, increasing the minimum wage to # 10 and the top rate of tax to 60 %... but also a total ban on immigration and benefits for anyone who turns down a job, making life mean life with no parole in prison sentences and stopping all international aid.

At a rally in Manhattan, the Democratic governor shared the stage with national labor leaders after a state wage board recommended raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 and hour, delivering a key victory in a national push by unions — led by Service Employees International Union — to improve the lot of (and unionize) employees at McDonald's, Burger King and other chainAt a rally in Manhattan, the Democratic governor shared the stage with national labor leaders after a state wage board recommended raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 and hour, delivering a key victory in a national push by unions — led by Service Employees International Union — to improve the lot of (and unionize) employees at McDonald's, Burger King and other chainat McDonald's, Burger King and other chains.