Sentences with phrase «set of minimum wage increases»

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Skelos had a renewed set of talking points on the minimum wage increase today, noting that not only would low - income earners lose their jobs, but would no longer qualify for federal tax credits or social service programs.

In his message to the WFP convention — delivered via pre-taped video and a brief phone call — Cuomo embraced the cause of a Democratic senate, signed on to increasing the minimum wage and giving cities a say in setting it and vowed to pursue campaign - finance reform, the DREAM Act, marijuana decriminalization and other goals.

The current statewide minimum wage is $ 8.75 an hour, set to increase to $ 9 at the end of the year.

For workers in the rest of the state, the minimum wage would increase to $ 9.70 at the end of 2016, then another.70 each year after until reaching $ 12.50 on 12/31/2020 — after which will continue to increase to $ 15 on an indexed schedule to be set by the Director of the Division of Budget in consultation with the Department of Labor.

Tipped wage workers earn less than the state's current minimum wage, which is set to increase to $ 12 from $ 11 in New York City at the end of the year.

This is the largest real - terms increase in the National Minimum Wage since 2008 and is set to benefit more than 1.4 m of Britain's lowest paid workers.

A gradual set of increases will raise the state's minimum wage to $ 9 an hour by the end of 2015.

Business Secretary Vince Cable told ITV News the Low Pay Commission must set the minimum wage and «politicians of all parties have got to respect that» after Chancellor George Osborne backed an increase.

The governor identified other issues as priorities for being included within the budget, including increasing the minimum wage to $ 10.50 statewide and to $ 11.50 in New York City, a series of tax cuts, and a set of economic and infrastructural revitalization proposals aimed at upstate New York.

When Mayor Bill de Blasio suggested last year that he would ask Albany for permission to increase the city's minimum wage, Cuomo dismissed the idea of local governments setting their own rates.

He embraced a call to increase the minimum wage and, earlier this year, signed a budget that set a $ 15 hourly rate in New York City as well as a statewide system of employee - funded paid leave.

Policy options raised by Findlay included increasing the minimum wage, reintroduction of council house building, reduction in the use of the private sector in NHS Scotland, and allowing councils to set their own taxes to help reverse job losses within local government.

Firstly, minimum wage rates will increase depending on the age of the employee and secondly, auto - enrolment pension contributions are set to double.

And a minimum wage increase of $ 14 an hour is a good start and would set the minimum wage at 10 percent above the current poverty line.