Sentences with phrase «wage floor»

So the new wage floor falls squarely on the contracting party.

Among those options was the implementation of a so - called wage floor that would prevent companies from paying foreign workers beneath a set wage level still to be determined.

Because of that, unions are it — the de facto wage floor.

But many states have pushed wage floors higher over the years.

State lawmakers this week proposed a replacement bill that sets new wage floors for construction workers on projects receiving the tax breaks.

In contrast, real immigration reform, Hira said, should «significantly raise wage floors» depressed by the presence of low - paid workers on temporary visas and «ensure that Americans have a first and genuine opportunity for these jobs» — two goals apparently absent from Warner's stated preferences.

TaskRabbit took the somewhat unusual step in July of ensuring a minimum wage floor of $ 11.20 per hour for the 30,000 contract workers it calls «taskers» who transact through the network.

The current wage floor is not enough to allow full - time workers who put in a 40 - hour work week to afford life's basic necessities, let alone achieve financial independence.»

Now union activists across the country are pressing companies for more in a campaign known as the «Fight for $ 15,» which has successfully spurred cities and private companies to establish higher wage floors.

Numerous cities, such as Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle also have minimum wages higher than either their state or federal wage floors.

«The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) and the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) applaud the Mayor for including in his Executive Budget a first - ever $ 11.50 per hour wage floor for the City's contracted social service workforce.

Legislation has been introduced in Washington for a national $ 15 wage floor by 2020, and several states are also moving in that direction.

The four - tiered wage floor system also rebuts the familiar refrain from supporters of H - 1B that Congress did not intend the visa to be used for cheap labor.

Will tax benefits under a new 421 - a program be enough to offset a proposed wage floor for construction workers?

The previous abatement, which offered relief from increased tax assessments on new construction, lapsed in January after the Real Estate Board of New York failed to reach an agreement with the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York on including new wage floors for construction workers into the code.

«The current wage floor is not enough to allow full - time workers who put in a 40 - hour work week to afford life's basic necessities, let alone achieve financial independence,» said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx).

One of the groups is the Working Families Party, which gave Cuomo its nomination in exchange for a commitment to push for Democratic control of the State Senate as well as a commitment to let localities set higher wage floors than the state.

Numerous cities, such as Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle, have minimum wages higher than either their state or federal wage floors.

New York's leaders should build on the historic recommendation of the Fast Food Wage Board appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and begin moving toward an across - the - board $ 15 - per - hour wage floor.

It's unclear where the next middle class will come from, but until we figure that out, it should be clear why people are raising the roof about raising the wage floor.

While some startups, such as Taskrabbit, have attempted to address some of the inequity invovled in being a contract worker, for example by setting a wage floor of $ 11.20 an hour — higher than the proposed national minimum wage of $ 10.10 — and providing some discounts for health care and transportation, contractors clearly need a lot more.

Competition, regulation, 90 % taxes on incomes above $ 1 million, strong labor, wage floors and more equitable distribution of income.

Raising the wage floor makes good economic sense.

And he's pushing to boost business expenses by setting a $ 15 wage floor, which will force up labor costs across the board.

In November, the Real Estate Board of New York and the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York reached a deal on the wage floor, paving the way for a renewal of the popular abatement program for rental construction.

FPI played an important role in the efforts to convince the New York Fast Food Wage Board in June and July 2015 to recommend a $ 15 wage floor for 136,000 workers in large fast - food chains.

Buffalo and Rochester are moving to raise the minimum wage of municipal employees to $ 15 an hour as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo's push to raise the wage floor for all workers.

The proposal would follow the July recommendation by a panel formed at Cuomo's request that the wage floor for just fast - food workers be raised to $ 15 by 2018 in New York City and by 2021 in the rest of the state.

The backing of the wage floor on the federal level comes after New York's state budget in April approved a measure to increase the state's minimum wage in New York City and the suburban counties to $ 15 over the next several years (upstate hits $ 12.50 and is then subject to an economic formula with the goal of eventually hitting $ 15).

«It established some wage floors, which the industry felt was appropriate.

«Lifting the wage floor for fast - food workers, state employees and now SUNY workers is the right thing to do,» Bowen said in a statement.

While the MRT did propose a 4 percent cap and cuts, it also put forward a wage floor for home health workers; substantial rollbacks in the governor's proposed cuts to nursing homes and personal care; and a major overhaul of the home care industry that is likely to boost the union's membership over the long term.

«Policies raising the wage floor increase the take - home pay of affected workers without hurting employment levels overall,» the economists wrote in a letter posted to the left - leaning Fiscal Policy Institute's website.

Similarly, his minimum - wage hikes phase in over multiple years: He gets credit now for setting a $ 15 wage floor — but the worst of the job losses don't show up yet.

«Restaurants have played a critical role in the revitalization of downtown Buffalo and it's disappointing to see that the governor has chosen to single out this industry for a higher wage floor,» said Melissa Fleischut, president of the New York State Restaurant Association.

«Raising the wage floor in New York that far that fast could lead to unintended consequences such as severe job losses and negatively impact many businesses who are already struggling just to keep their heads above water,» said Republican Senate Leader John Flanagan of Long Island.

«Raising the wage floor in New York that far that fast could lead to unintended consequences such as severe job losses and negatively impact many businesses who are already struggling just to keep their heads above water,» he said.

«The current wage floor is not enough to allow full - time workers who put in a 40 - hour work week to afford life's basic necessities, let alone achieve financial independence.»

States should establish wage standards for early childhood teachers, set a wage floor equivalent to self - sufficiency standards, and support compensation parity with kindergarten teachers for early childhood teachers with equivalent qualifications.

Creating a wage floor is an effective way to fight poverty — and it would reduce government spending and intrusion.

That is why Matthews says the wage floor is crucial.

The report points out that the minimum wage is not solely a statistical or economic debate, it is also a benchmark, «a wage floor» that establishes a bare minimum for society.