Sentences with phrase «over the minimum wage»

He's acknowledged that the debate over the minimum wage will likely be a part of end of the session talks, but has not listed it as one of his top priorities.

No small feat for a single mom with two kids making just over minimum wage, next to no child support.

I'm wanting to go to college, but with all the bills and getting paid just a little over minimum wage, its not going so well.

You've been out of work so long, you're forced to consider turning to entry - level retail jobs that barely pay over minimum wage just to keep your bills paid.

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

She now works part - time at a retail store for slightly over minimum wage.

Legal disputes over minimum wage, hourly rates, and fair pay require a skilled lawyer familiar with employment law and labor statutes.

For example, if you run a café and you can't afford to pay staff over the minimum wage, it is difficult to recruit.

As debates wage over the minimum wage in our country, people are still taking low paying jobs in order to try and make ends meet.

Cuomo did endorse indexing and a version of local control over a minimum wage hike upon receiving the endorsement of the Working Families Party in May.

I meant «how many donuts you have to sell per hour to pay your two employees over minimum wage and to cover business expenses?»

Though the business community has disagreed with Cuomo over the minimum wage bill and his recent executive actions raising the wage for fast food workers, Briccetti says she understand the governor has political considerations with the left of his party.

Though the business community has disagreed with Cuomo over the minimum wage bill and his recent executive actions raising the wage for fast food workers, Briccetti said she understand the governor has political considerations with the left of his party.

When later asked by an analyst whether the business has seen any impact from the media attention it received over the minimum wage issue and how the company plans to offset labour headwinds, Schwartz repeated that the company's primary objective is to drive sales growth to offset any cost inflations.

Even more disconcerting is that salaries, while growing, are usually just a shade over minimum wage.

A new debate is brewing between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over the minimum wage.

Now, de Blasio and Cuomo are odds over a minimum wage increase.

But there is something else going on behind closed doors that is equally if not more intriguing, and that is the emerging split within the Senate Republican Conference over the minimum wage.

Questions have been raised — including by yours truly — about whether the WFP chose pragmatism over ideology by backing Cuomo over a protest candidate, Fordham Law School Prof. Zephyr Teachout, and how the party can hold the governor to his pledge to flip the state Senate into Democratic hands in hopes of passing progressive agenda items like local power over minimum wage and public campaign financing.

«For example, there's been an historic fight over minimum wage where Republicans have been particularly unwilling to increase the minimum wage.

Senate Leader John Flanagan says discussions over the minimum wage also include cutting business regulations and more tax cuts, and mitigating high costs for workers compensation and unemployment insurance.

«They're not understanding how hard it is to live just a little bit over minimum wage,» said Tasha Cooper, a certified nursing assistant.

Amedore said the internal talks over the minimum wage proposal within the Republican conference have been «heated» over the measure.

New York City should also fight to wrest control over the minimum wage from the state, seek permission to enforce state wage labor laws and enact paid family leave through an expansion of the state's temporary disability insurance program.

Three of them were flying off on big adventures the next day, and Tibby was launching her career at Wallman's in scenic Bethesda for five cents over minimum wage.

I wish to look at both my savings and my expected income as a percentage over the minimum wage of any given year.

People working three jobs for a little over minimum wage tend to live paycheck to paycheck, and it doesn't help that businesses such as PayDay Loans tend to prey on them to get them stuck in debt.

Take a close look; it's paying a little over $ 7 over minimum wage for an experienced Instructional Designer to be able to work remotely.

The subject is likely to be the matter of discussion at a meeting between Sturgeon and Cameron on Friday, at which the first minister will present the prime minister with a shopping list of demands including control over the minimum wage, national insurance contributions, welfare, business taxes and equality policy.

We employ 45 people in three locations and more than 80 percent of them are hourly — which puts me right smack in the middle of the current debate over the minimum wage.

If you own a Donuts shop, how many donuts you have to sell per hour not to pay your two employees over minimum wage and to cover business expenses?

«Mixed fleet crew earn just over the minimum wage and below the national average,» said Unite regional officer Matt Smith.

«It is typical for farmers and growers to pay $ 1 - 3 over minimum wage.»

Scotland is being given what Lord Smith described as «full powers over all programmes to help people back into work», but it does not get what the SNP calls «job - creating powers», nor control over the minimum wage.

Some New York State lawmakers are trying to reinvigorate the debate over the minimum wage.

This year's legislative action is expected to feature debates over the minimum wage, New York City's rent stabilization rules and government ethics.

EAST HARLEM — City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito laid out an ambitious agenda focused on equality in her first State of the City address in East Harlem Wednesday, calling for $ 25 million to repair NYCHA buildings, local control over the minimum wage and a city - wide bail system to keep poor people accused of minor crimes from languishing in jail for weeks.

Scotland's first minister wants control over minimum wage, income tax, national insurance and universal credit