Sentences with phrase «minimum wage legislation»

As part of the minimum wage legislation approved in the spring of 2013, Gov. Andrew Cuomo was to create a new board to analyze wage levels, including those for tip workers, and recommend changes.

The $ 15 minimum wage legislation was passed as part of the 2016 - 17 state budget, as part of efforts to restore economic justice and fairness to working families in New York State.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has never signaled a willingness to let municipalities set their own rates, although the state's recent minimum wage legislation did set the rates based on regions.

The mayor also called on the state to pass minimum wage legislation so the pay is higher than federal standards.

The minimum wage legislation doesn't have much practical significance when employers can freely introduce «zero hours» working contracts.

A non-Marxian and more insidious justification for reliance on minimum wage legislation to achieve distribution equity is founded on a twisted interpretation of traditional scholastic teaching on economic justice.

For Wal - Mart, the biggest private employer in the United States with 1.3 million workers, minimum wage legislation is not a small thing.

Not exact matches

But Congress has pushed back against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.

Bills to raise the federal minimum wage, currently at $ 7.25 an hour, for other workers have gotten signficant pushback from lawmakers, who recently killed legislation in the Senate.

While he did not mention what new level he favored, as governor he passed legislation that will increase Maryland's minimum wage to $ 10.10.

Similarly, California and New York recently passed legislation that would increase their minimum wage levels to $ 15 in phases over the next few years.

But Congress has pushed back hard against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.

He may have to develop one: Ted Kennedy told NPR this morning he plans to offer legislation to make the minimum wage a «living wage» — which would come out to some $ 9.50 an hour.

If the 13 states that increased minimum wage levels in 2014, including California, Ohio and New York, introduced similar legislation, or if such legislation were taken up at the federal level, that gap, which sits at around 273:1, might begin to narrow.

The new health care legislation has added an additional layer of complexity, so what will imposing pressure to raise the hourly minimum wage bring?

The state's lawmakers passed legislation that will raise the minimum wage from $ 8 an hour to $ 11, the highest minimum wage in the country.

With many states weighing legislation to increase the minimum wage and change the rules relating to it, it is important for businesses of all sizes to make sure they're still complying with state laws and regulations.

There's been a slew of legislation that is punitive to small - business owners, from minimum wage increases throughout the country to the so - called Affordable Care Act.

They have certain entitlements under employment standards legislation (for example, minimum wage, overtime, vacation, statutory holidays and leaves).

This third pillar includes raising the minimum wage in a transparent and predictable manner, improving associated employment standards legislation, and generally making sure labour laws have kept pace with what's happening in workplaces across the country.

Sanders said the bill would empower an «unelected and undemocratic oversight board» and criticized the legislation for allowing the governor of Puerto Rico to cut the minimum wage temporarily for some younger workers.

Often this comes about in conjunction with other agencies, as in the factory legislation which has made obsolete the twelve - hour day and the seven - day week, 6 established minimum wage levels, and eliminated the grosser forms of economic exploitation.

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.

Depending on who you ask, the legislative session was a productive six months in which a range of policy measures from an increase to the state's minimum wage, paid family leave to new ethics reform and anti-heroin addiction legislation was accomplished.

That's fair enough, but the minimum wage bill is easily the most significant legislation they have every agreed on.

In their endorsements, the clubs pointed to Cuomo's push for a $ 15 minimum wage, the legalization of same - sex marriage and gun control legislation.

IDC members claim that their alliance is an effective way to gain leverage to advance progressive legislation, but year after year, this legislation dies in the Senate after passing the Assembly or (as in the case of the minimum wage law) passed only in heavily watered - down form.

During his time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.

Abbey Fashouer, a spokeswoman for Cuomo's re-election campaign, has said the governor's progressive record is «unmatched,» including helping to raise New York's minimum wage, and pushing for gun - safety legislation and the legalization of same - sex marriage.

The issues range from increasing the state's minimum wage, reproductive rights legislation, microstamping, campaign finance reform and the DREAM Act.

Hayes noted the Democrats are ready to pass a whole raft of incredible important progressive legislation — from a minimum wage increase to decriminalization of public possession of small amounts of pot.

Connecticut state lawmakers became the first in the country to pass legislation that would increase the state's minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour, by 2017 — the same rate President Barack Obama wants for the federal minimum wage.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg sued last year to stop the legislation from being enacted, claiming primarily that the law preempted the state's minimum wage law.

Silver also supports legislation to increase the state's minimum wage from $ 8 per hour to $ 9 at the end of 2014.

State lawmakers in Connecticut have become the first in the country to pass legislation that will increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour.

Three others received between 28 and 33 votes — not enough to establish a minority position — on the excessively revolutionary issues of gaps in anti-discrimination legislation, increasing numbers of parent governors at academy schools, changing balloting arrangements for school selections, and strengthening enforcement of the national minimum wage.

Cuomo at the Working Families Party convention last month gained the labor - backed organization's endorsement after agreeing to help pass a host of liberal - sought legislation, including a new minimum wage increase and the DREAM Act.

Cuomo was endorsed by the party last month, however, after agreeing to help Democrats retake the state Senate and back a host of liberal legislation such as a minimum wage increase as well as local control for future hikes.

In 2013, Kennedy co-sponsored legislation to increase the state minimum wage to $ 9 an hour, and automatically adjust the minimum wage to account for cost - of - living increases.

Hundreds of low - wage workers and advocates descended upon Albany today to urge the Senate and Assembly to pass legislation that would raise the state minimum wage to $ 10.10, index it to inflation, and allow cities and counties to set their wages 30 percent higher than the state's minimum.

Recently at the Business Council of New York State's annual meeting, business leaders conceded that the $ 15 an hour minimum wage phase in is likely to be approved by the legislature, and they said they were seeking sweeteners in the legislation to mitigate its effects including new business tax cuts and a youth employment fund.

The IDC launched a digital campaign on Monday with videos featuring Klein touting the conference's legislative accomplishments — they were instrumental in enacting paid family leave legislation and an increase in the minimum wage.

The Executive Budget's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 8.75 per hour is well - intentioned legislation with unintended, adverse impacts.

The leader of the Business Council of New York State says her group will fight Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to raise the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, but concedes that the legislation may become law soon.

Cuomo is being cynical and deceptive, saying he supports important legislation like a minimum wage increase but making sure it will never happen by backing Senate Republicans (who won 42 % of the vote statewide yet could control the Senate only because of the gerrymander supported by Cuomo & Assembly Democrats.

She said Cuomo has delivered for progressives by raising New York's minimum wage, pushing for gun - safety legislation and legalizing same - sex marriage in 2011, among other accomplishments.

They range from legislation to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour for workers not already covered under the governor's series of executive actions, to massive infrastructure projects, including the renovation of Penn Station, $ 22 billion worth of road and bridge upgrades upstate, and expansion of the Long Island Railroad.

A year earlier, there were enough Democrats to form a clear majority to ram through much of the legislation the IDC has enacted or supports, like a robust minimum wage hike, statewide paid family leave and the DREAM Act.

«He has delivered a $ 15 minimum wage for New Yorkers, 12 weeks of paid family leave, a $ 19 minimum wage for over 40,000 New York - area airport workers and championed many other pieces of legislation that have made working families in our state better off.