Sentences with phrase «higher minimum wage mandates»

Higher wages sparked by a tight labour market and higher minimum wage mandates in several states.

Higher wages sparked by a tight labor market and higher minimum wage mandates in several states.

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Still, many economists and public policy advocates argue that in states where minimum wage is higher than the federal mandate, the economies fare better than in states where businesses stick to the federal minimum wage, which is currently not indexed to inflation and hence forces some workers to live below poverty level.

With cities like Seattle raising minimum wage significantly higher than their state's mandate ($ 15 versus $ 9.32 per hour, in Seattle and Washington), minimum wage gaps» effect on competition and employment is becoming an issue across the country.

Senior state Democrats who have known Cuomo for decades told The Post that a speech in Buffalo last week was proof positive that the governor, once widely described as a political centrist, is seeking to use his Bernie Sanders - like «progressive» agenda of the nation's highest minimum wage and a costly family leave mandate as a springboard to the presidency.

When a small business owner said the state's mandated increase in a minimum wage could hurt her operation, he said the higher pay should help the overall economy by giving people more spendable income.

But a program of tax - free micro-zones on and near college campuses is nowhere near potent enough to overcome New York's other competitive disadvantages, which the governor has compounded with policies including opposition to natural gas pipelines, a costly renewable energy mandate, and the nation's highest minimum wage.

The prevailing wage bill passed by the Council last month mandates higher - than - minimum wage pay for security guards and custodians who work in 41 large buildings where the city leases the majority of space.