Sentences with phrase «wage for all workers in»

The New Democratic Party has proposed reinstating the minimum wage for workers in federally regulated industries and increasing it to $ 15 by «the end of our first term in office» (presumably 2019).

Lawmakers created a different schedule for increasing the state's minimum wage for all workers in Upstate New York than Cuomo's wage board used last year when it ordered that the minimum wage for fast food workers be gradually increased until it reaches $ 15 an hour on July 1, 2021.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo also spoke at the conference, championing a $ 15 minimum wage for all workers in the state and citing his administration's efforts to combat exploitation of undocumented workers.

Cuomo instead convened a wage board at the state Department of Labor to review potential changes to the minimum wage for workers in the fast - food industry, giving a nod to a growing campaign for better wages in that sector.

The proposal comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo in recent months has pushed for a broader minimum wage increase and through executive authority hiked the wage for workers in the fast - food industry as well as state and SUNY employees.

A large turnout for yesterday's Ithaca Common Council meeting bore witness to a historic moment for laborers in Tompkins County as the city, joining with the Town of Ithaca, chose to support a living wage for all workers in the county.

The co-chairmen of the General Assembly's Labor and Public Employees Committee cheered the recommendation from a wage board in New York to phase in a $ 15 minimum wage for workers in large fast food chains.

GOP leader John Flanagan reacted to Cuomo's plan to submit legislation to raise the minimum wage for all workers in the state when the new session starts in January.

GOP Leader John Flanagan reacted to Governor Cuomo's plan to submit legislation to raise the minimum wage for all workers in the state when the new session starts in January.

Nigeria joined the league of International Labour Organisation member countries that set minimum wage for their workers in 1981.

Lawmakers should pass a $ 15 minimum wage for every worker in the state, including tip workers, with indexing and home rule for local governments that want to set a higher minimum wage in their jurisdictions.»

Cuomo, speaking at an unrelated event in the Adirondacks, says he's made some gains for farm workers during his administration, including raising the minimum wage for all workers in New York to $ 15 an hour downstate and $ 12.50 an hour upstate.

The New Democratic Party has proposed reinstating the minimum wage for workers in federally regulated industries and increasing it to $ 15 by «the end of our first term in office» (presumably 2019).

The Exemptions, Special Rules and Establishment of Minimum Wage regulation, made pursuant to the ESA not only establishes the minimum wage for workers in Ontario, it exempts certain employees from eligibility for the same.

Not exact matches

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.

«The first thing to keep in mind is that, in some long run equilibrium, wage inflation should be equal to what the growth rate of productivity is — so how much workers can produce — and the increase in prices for the goods they produce,» he said at the UBS Greater China conference in Shanghai.

While a lower unemployment rate is certainly better than a higher one, the rate doesn't capture workers who've quit looking for a job, part - time workers who wish to work full - time, or workers who've experienced a significant wage reduction in a new job after they lost their old one.

Conveniently, 1099 workers (referring to the tax reporting form for freelancers) can hit the ground running and complete projects quickly in exchange for an agreed - upon compensation rate, which is usually a higher wage per hour or job.

Did you know at least half of all minimum wage workers in Ontario work for employers with over 500 employees?

With the country locked in a national debate about what an appropriate living wage should be, pay — in particular the minimum hourly rate — has become a sticking point for many businesses and their workers.

Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.

And that's not just the case for those working for the big - name brands: A November Bureau of Labor Statistics study found that just 6 % of low - wage workers in the U.S. have access to paid family leave.

The average monthly wage for a construction worker in the U.S. is $ 2,499.

In November, the company detailed tipping advice for workers, many of whom make around minimum wage.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has repeatedly slammed Walmart for not paying workers a living wage, most recently at a campaign stop in Missouri this weekend.

Disney responded to a nationally directed labor campaign in 2014 when it agreed to a $ 10 - an - hour minimum wage for workers.

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.

Mr Gove's intervention ties in with reports that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is to demand a wage boost for NHS workers.

In those places, the federal minimum wage applies, with a general exception for workers who receive tips.

New York's three - person fast food wage board voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers, which it defines as working in an establishment with 30 or more locations.

The actual state of knowledge of the impact that the minimum wage has on employment in North America, and especially in Québec, leads to the conclusion that a minimum wage that is greater than 50 % of the average wage is harmful to small wage earners and that a minimum wage that is less than 45 % has very little risk for this group of workers.

One University of California, Berkeley study that focused on restaurant workers found that wages rose 1 % for every 10 % increase in the minimum wage.

Places like New York are instituting a $ 15 an hour wage for fast food workers, which many restaurant owners say is too high and will result in either restaurant closures or staff layoffs.

So as she prepared to open a larger space this February, she decided to phase out tips completely, in favor of a flat wage for her servers and a higher minimum wage for her other workers.

Additionally, when low - wage workers are paid more, they tend to immediately spend extra wages locally, says James Parrott, deputy director and chief economist for the Fiscal Policy Institute in New York.

Earlier in January, Hardee's and Carl's Jr.'s workers protested Puzder's nomination in 20 cities across the US, organizing with the Fight for $ 15 movement to raise the minimum wage.

Government figures cited by the Associated Press indicate that just 1.7 million people — out of a total non-farm labor force of some 136 million workers — earned the minimum wage or less in 2006; still the increase was a big political victory for the Democrats, one that came at the expense of lobbyists from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, among others.

The group said records for 2012 - 2013 show 224 cases where businesses in Alberta paid foreign workers less than the prevailing wage rate.

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

Workers in major cities like New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and Atlanta walked out on their jobs that day, arguing for a $ 15.00 minimum wage.

The federal government announced initial changes in April, scrapping an aspect of the program that allowed employers to pay foreign workers as much as 15 per cent less than the average wage for a job.

Factors to consider may include whether a possible employer has the power to direct, control, or supervise the worker (s) or the work performed; whether a possible employer has the power to hire or fire, modify the employment conditions or determine the pay rates or the methods of wage payment for the worker (s); the degree of permanency and duration of the relationship; where the work is performed and whether the tasks performed require special skills; whether the work performed is an integral part of the overall business operation; whether a possible employer undertakes responsibilities in relation to the worker (s) which are commonly performed by employers; whose equipment is used; and who performs payroll and similar functions.

In addition, Mulally negotiated a landmark labor agreement with the United Auto Workers in 2009 that eased onerous work rules and introduced a 50 percent lower wage for new factory hireIn addition, Mulally negotiated a landmark labor agreement with the United Auto Workers in 2009 that eased onerous work rules and introduced a 50 percent lower wage for new factory hirein 2009 that eased onerous work rules and introduced a 50 percent lower wage for new factory hires.

Potential underreporting of self - employment income makes it difficult to draw definitive conclusions on independent contractor earnings when compared with their peers, but the data clearly show a wide variance in earnings among independent contractors and lower wages for low - wage independent workers than low - wage employees even after adjustments for underreporting.

Across the country, there is overwhelming momentum in favor of raising wages for our nation's lowest - wage workers.

Wage and benefit increases of 15 to 20 percent per year at the average Chinese factory will slash China's labor - cost advantage over low - cost states in the U.S., from 55 percent today to 39 percent in 2015, when adjusted for the higher productivity of U.S. workers.

The DOL's former head of wage enforcement, David Weil, recently suggested that weighing whether gig economy workers should be classified as employees or independent contractors is not so different than making the same determination for workers at brick - and - mortar businesses.84 Existing legal tests to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor are multifactor, fact - based exercises based on the level of control a company exerts over the workers in question.

For example, while a number of communities are debating how to provide benefits to gig economy workers, without policies that ensure a baseline wage threshold or that grant workers a voice in determining their wages and benefits, low - road companies could respond to requirements to contribute to benefits with commensurate decreases in pay.

One study by economist Elaine McCrate found that any reduction in wages associated with the benefit of flexibility is modest at best and, in fact, many jobs with greater flexibility have higher wages.137 Furthermore, the volatility of earnings for many independent contractors would offset any compensating wage differentials, because workers can not compare the value of flexibility to higher earnings when they aren't able to predict their earnings as independent contractors.138

But why aren't they demanding that companies, in exchange for job - creation tax incentives, pay those new workers a livable wage?