Sentences with phrase «wage legislation»

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

All workers are covered by the national minimum wage legislation.

Comparing this situation to the armory's, or to the living wage legislation in general, is comparing apples to oranges.

NEW YORK — The City Council voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto of prevailing wage legislation, paving the way for a courtroom showdown between his office and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

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.

Asked what he thinks the study means for the living wage legislation currently under consideration at the City Council, Paul Sonn, legal co-director of the National Employment Law Project, still seemed optimistic.

Washington's concern about setting a new national minimum wage inspired the New York State Assembly to make its minimum wage legislation reflect the $ 9 an hour goal set by President Obama in his State of the Union proposal.

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.

«We need real living wage legislation, not the watered - down version we got.

The debate over the prevailing wage legislation, however, appeared to take a turn this week as Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday told reporters he is backing a straight extension of the abatement without any major changes.

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.

Canavan suggests three ways» (i) minimum wage legislation; (ii) obligatory collective bargaining; and (iii) «other means not beyond... human intelligence»» for dealing with the case when a firm finds it «economically unfeasible to pay a living wage.»

Today, we're devoting the roundup to the living wage legislation, which was debated in a City Council Committee hearing yesterday.

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.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has come out in support of the Living Wage legislation, sending a letter yesterday to Christine Quinn, the Council speaker.

In preparation for a long - awaited Nov. 22 City Council hearing on Living Wage legislation, which has its roots in the battle over the fate of the Kingsbridge Armory, supporters, including several Council members, are stepping up their p.r. campaign.

(A Walmart spokesman says the company «played no role» in the debate over the minimum - wage legislation and has not applied for the tax credit.)

Long, the state's Conservative Party chairman, said New York State is «already showing signs of various companies picking up and leaving» because of the new minimum - wage legislation.

«We need real living wage legislation, not the watered - down version we got last year that only covers a few hundred workers,» de Blasio said in a July statement criticizing a Quinn ad that prominently featured the passage of the bill.

The comptroller was given the power to investigate complaints with the passage of the 2012 Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act, the most recent living wage legislation.

CITY HALL — The City Council passed a final budget late Thursday night that averts the worst of threatened service cuts, and overrules a trio of mayoral vetoes, including controversial living wage legislation.

Supporters also pointed to other cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland, where living - wage legislation is already in place.

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.

It was Appelbaum with whom Quinn negotiated the living wage legislation, and he is clearly primed to make the progressive case on her behalf.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is cutting the Related Companies a break from the living wage legislation.

Someone who is doing a placement that does not involve any work being performed, such as work shadowing, will not come within the National Minimum Wage legislation.