Sentences with phrase «for full minimum wage»

Los Angeles labor and employment associate Alicia Anderson is quoted in this article about a case involving restaurant chain P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc.'s employees» fight for full minimum wage for non-tipped work.

Not exact matches

Although the federal minimum wage has not risen since 2007 — and not for a full decade prior — the President's proposal, which also indexes the wage to inflation, riled a lot of small business advocates.

In the event, the Commission awarded a much more moderate increase in award wages of $ 10 a week and established a new federal minimum wage of $ 359.40 a week for full - time adult employees.

Not only minimum wage, but being retail, many of their store employees are likely to be part time only working hours that are limited to make sure they do not become eligible for full - time benefits.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs today announced their filing of a collective action lawsuit against Darden Restaurants, the world's largest full - service restaurant group, alleging servers were paid less than the minimum wage and were not compensated for time they were required to work off the clock.

Ford Motor Company, for example, will continue giving new mothers a full year's leave on full pay, while fathers — by far the majority of their workforce — will receive the bare minimum (around # 137 per week — lower than the national minimum wage!)

For a parent working full time at the minimum wage of $ 7.25 per hour, that represents 6 percent of gross income.

For example, the very small increases in the minimum wage that took effect in eight states on January 1, 2012 as a result of those states» indexing laws will generate an additional $ 366 million in GDP and create the equivalent of more than 3,000 full - time jobs, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.

The strike's demands include a national healthcare system, a $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave for at least six months, free childcare and full - access, coercion - free reproductive freedom.

Under the terms of the agreement, Cuomo would support local control for a minimum wage increase — a proposal he has previously opposed — as well as back a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate.

As with the full Women's Equality Act, another minimum wage increase (one was passed in 2013) presents great potential for a political stalemate between the Democratic Assembly and governor and the Republican Senate.

Cuomo said lawmakers still haven't reached full agreement on the mechanics of raising the minimum wage, increasing school aid or creating a system of paid family leave for the state.

After his re-election in 2014, Cuomo reinvented himself as a full - throated economic populist, pushing through a minimum wage hike and a paid family leave program, and unveiling massive infrastructure spending plans and a proposal for free public college tuition — though he has been light on details about funding.

«The key fact is that the increase in the minimum wage simply can not provide full compensation for the majority of losses that will be experienced by tax credit recipients.

The Employment Policies Institute has placed a full - page ad in today's New York Post, calling out Cuomo for his «uninformed views» on the $ 15 minimum wage, while the labor - backed «Fight for $ 15» campaign has pro-increase front - page ads in numerous papers across the state (including a commemorative Daily News wrap).

Cuomo's proposed all - industry minimum wage increase would be phased in, taking full effect by Dec. 31, 2018, in New York City, and July 1, 2021, for the rest of the state.

De Blasio has been a progressive advocate for increasing the minimum wage — pushing for $ 13 per hour in New York City — even as approximately 150 interns in his office, many of whom work full - time, go entirely unpaid by the administration.

Actions — not words and feelings — are what matters, which is why this administration fought for and delivered more state funding to New York City than ever before — $ 30 billion this year — raised the minimum wage to $ 15, passed the country's strongest paid family leave policy, enacted full - day universal Pre-K without additional taxes, secured unprecedented funding to modernize the MTA, and is rebuilding LaGuardia, and reconstructing Penn Station.»

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan was cool to the potential of packaging a business - based tax cut with a hike in the state's minimum wage on Tuesday, calling for a «full - blown separate discussion» on the issues.

Still, the business community is disquieted by his endorsement in May by the labor - aligned Working Families Party, which resulted in Cuomo's support for a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate and a host of liberal measures, including a more aggressive approach to the state's minimum wage.

But the business community is not thrilled with Cuomo's support for a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate or a pledge to enact a host of liberal legislation next year, including a faster phase - in of the state's minimum wage as well as a promise to allow local governments to raise the wage on their own within a state - based formula.

At a rally of a politically key labor union, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a full - throated push on Tuesday for his plan to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 11.50 in New York City and $ 10.50 elsewhere.

«We are campaigning for a Green New Deal for New York, including full employment through public jobs for the unemployed, a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, single - payer health care, fully funded public schools from pre-K through college, affordable housing and expanded mass transit,» Hawkins said.

«In a three - way race, I think that a candidate who wants a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, health care for all, a Green New Deal to provide full employment while acting on climate change, and who supports progressive taxes to adequately funds our schools and local governments will have the most support among the voters,» stated Hawkins.

Watch for the full interview this weekend where the Speaker sits down with us to talk about this and his recent proposal to raise the minimum wage in the state to $ 8.50.

WHEREAS the federal minimum wage would now be more than $ 10 if it had kept up with inflation, but Congress has tried to raise the minimum wage only three times in the last 30 years thereby leaving lowest - paid workers with just $ 7.25 an hour or about $ 15,000 annually for persons working full - time; and

Kramer recommended that more emphasis and pressure should be placed on fathers and their ability to pay child support and spousal maintenance; raising the minimum wage to a living wage; and providing similar benefits and rewards for part - time work as the ones full - time workers get.

And rather than more funding for expanding prisons or school vouchers, why not fund a higher minimum wage, paid family leave, universal early childhood education, and full, equitable funding for all our schools, starting with our poorest communities?

As for having a «minimum wage» and becoming a full - time writer sooner — or setting a minimum for $ 2.99 would mean I'd sell less overall and reach my goal later.

For me, that was a full - time, minimum wage job.

With minimum wage hovering around $ 15 for a good chunk of Canada these days, contributing as a full - time minimum wage worker yields a better rebate than what I saw.

You can also qualify based on your income you are working full - time or your monthly income does not exceed the larger of A) The federal minimum wage rate or B) 150 % of the poverty line income for your family size and state.

We worked minimum wage jobs at fast food chains at 15 hours per week and we ate most of our food from our jobs because we didn't qualify for food stamps as full time college students.

You are working full - time and your total gross monthly income is less than or equal to the larger of the monthly federal minimum wage rate or 150 % of the poverty guideline for your state.

We regularly advise clients on the full range of operational and strategic issues affecting healthcare providers, including for example navigating the NHS disciplinary / capability procedure Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS), advising Boards on the implementation of seven day services, Consultant Job planning, Doctors» banding claims and pay more generally, including national minimum wage compliance.

The company's drivers in the country are presently self - employed from a legal standpoint and only eligible for basic worker rights, not benefits like minimum wage and sick pay, though Uber previously said it's already paying them above the legal minimum for full - time workers.

The «Fair Labor Standards Act» (FLSA), establishes standards for employment such as minimum wage, overtime pay, and record keeping for both full and part - time employees.

If I do the math, at 0.75 % to the listing rep, this would be less than $ 20k GCI - not even minimum wage for a full time practitioner, especially once all the fees are paid.

On another note, I wonder how many wannabe Realtors would pay for and take the three courses, then apply for a job with a brokerage if they knew that they would not work for full commissions during their first year in the training saddle, but rather, that they would work for minimum wage on a forty - hour - per - week schedule.