Sentences with phrase «hourly wage hike»

A new University of Washington study that found that the hourly wage hike could in fact be costing jobs.

Buffalo Wings, for instance, implemented price increases on alcohol in the third quarter to help offset hourly wage hikes and other rising costs such as health insurance in states such as California and New York.

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DiNapoli said his office also has questions about the timing of the governor's plan to raise the hourly minimum wage of state workers $ 15 an hour in order to set an example for his push for a statewide hike to that level.

The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that the governor's latest wage board is poised to recommend hiking the hourly pay of New York's fast food workers all the way to $ 15, and the state's Labor Commissioner is expected to sign off on that recommendation.

Since the governor's wage board hiked the hourly pay of tipped workers in New York by 50 percent, a growing number of restaurants are establishing «no tipping» policies.

According to Marchione, Cuomo at one point threatened Republican senators specifically, saying he would convene a wage board through the state Department of Labor that could unilaterally hike the hourly rate to $ 15 if the GOP conference did not agree to a legislative deal.

He did, however, reiterate his opposition to the $ 15 - an - hour wage, saying it has «no basis in economics» and stressing that he has been approached by multiple groups and constituents urging him to vote «no» on another hourly rate hike — should one make it to the floor.

He said that despite the fact that Cuomo took the unusual step of including in his proposal a seemingly non-budget related policy initiative — hiking the state's hourly minimum wage from $ 7.25 to $ 8.75 — which is something the Senate Republicans (and their business community allies) have so far opposed.

Cuomo announced State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Chairman Carl McCall had hiked the minimum hourly wage for 28,000 State University of New York workers.

In a letter to Cuomo and legislative leaders, the New York State Restaurant Association said its members will struggle to cope with the already approved increase in the hourly wage for tipped workers that takes effect Thursday and will not be able to afford any further hikes.