Sentences with phrase «concerns over the minimum»

We continue to have concerns over the minimum wage, which will raise to $ 15 over the next five years based on an economic index.

Not exact matches

We also note with concern that the new small business payroll tax comes on top of previously announced minimum wage increase (of 34 % over four years), an increase in the general corporate tax rate of 9.1 %, a 14 % increase to the personal income tax rate of most «skilled professionals», and a previously scheduled increase in the BC carbon tax of 16 %, moving up a further $ 5 to $ 35 per tonne of GHGs emitted.

First of all, the government has responded to justifiable public concern over the years with the enactment of legislation governing child labor, minimum wage, health and safety conditions, overtime pay, and other labor practices.

Recognizing that wining over working - class swing voters (or non-working-class voters with many struggling people in their social networks) requires, at minimum, addressing the everyday concerns of those voters — and recognizing that the fates of American working - class voters of all races and ethnicities are linked.

The state Business Council on Friday released new concerns over the proposed increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 as well as the proposal for a 12 - week paid family leave program.

He also expressed concern over businesses having to take on the costs of increasing minimum wage pay.

If Marcie's # 225 earnings are derived from being on or near the minimum wage, then there is a double hit for her because she also can not salary sacrifice to save 12 per cent National Insurance, if such an arrangement would take her pay below the level of the applicable minimum wage rate (# 7.83 per hour in 2018/19 for those aged 25 and over).3 Anne Fairpo said: «One of the concerns about allowing the lowest earners to sacrifice salary has been the risk of their pay dropping below the point at which entitlement to contributory benefits is triggered (the Lower Earnings Limit - # 116 per week in 2018/19).

Senate Republicans continue to raise concerns with a $ 15 minimum wage, even as Cuomo says a $ 1 billion income tax cut for joint filers earning $ 300,000 is on the table and the wage increase itself would be phased in over time periods across the state.

Shobowale said legitimate legal concerns have been raised over whether the bill amounted to a minimum wage for a small segment of the economy.

«Perhaps most concerning, 22 percent — or just over one in five fast food businesses — said they were «very likely» to close if faced with a $ 15 minimum wage.»

Police commissioner Bill Bratton expressed concern Wednesday over Governor Andrew Cuomo's call to have an independent monitor investigate when unarmed civilians are killed by police and his proposal to create statewide minimum standards for police use of force.

Despite concerns expressed by critics over the potential negative impact minimum wage hikes could have on small and medium sized businesses, many of the owners of these businesses do not appear to be equally concerned.

The AG noted, «Uber exerts control over all the relevant aspects of an urban transport service» including «over the minimum safety conditions by means of prior requirements concerning drivers and vehicles, over the accessibility of the transport supply by encouraging drivers to work when and where demand is high, over the conduct of drivers by means of the ratings system» (para. 51).

It is a matter of great concern that the scope of the mandatory sentencing provisions in Western Australia has recently been expanded to apply to an assault on a «public officer», with a minimum prison term of six months for an adult and up to 3 months detention for a juvenile 16 years and over.

This is what happens when the very vast majority of Realtors does not pay attention to what is going on within its sales culture, does not care about anything other than the next commission cheque, does not read REM regularly, does not concern itself with pursuing anything more than the bare minimum of ongoing education requirements, does not care enough about what the majority of the public thinks about them, does not heed the warnings of professionals within the culture, does not heed the warnings of commenters on REM about this issue (over the past five years or so) and too often crosses its fingers when conducting double - enders, hoping that neither opposing parties to the transactions find out what was or was not said or revealed that should have been said or revealed.