Sentences with phrase «wage legislation so»
The mayor also called on the state to pass minimum wage legislation so the pay is higher than federal standards.
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The new health care legislation has added an additional layer of complexity, so what will imposing pressure to raise the hourly minimum wage bring?
There's been a slew of legislation that is punitive to small - business owners, from minimum wage increases throughout the country to the so - called Affordable Care Act.
«Because of their hard work, New York State has lead the way — passing a $ 15 minimum wage and enacting historic paid family leave legislation so that no New Yorker will lose their job while taking care of a sick loved one.
Governor Cuomo was supposed to convene the minimum wage board to address the plight of tip workers in the food industry as part of the legislation that ever - so - slightly nudged the minimum wage in New York Sate to $ 8 an hour last year.
CITY HALL — The City Council faced off on controversial legislation Tuesday that would force developers who receive big city grants to pay their workers a so - called «living wage.»
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced new compromise legislation on Friday that would require only companies receiving direct subsidies from the city to pay employees the so - called living wage, which is a few dollars more than the minimum wage.
The mayor said he wants to see Democrats rule the Senate so he can get legislation passed raising the minimum wage and other laws the city wants.
«It doesn't go so far as to create a licence for wage - restraint legislation — it just doesn't; this is a unique circumstance — but I think governments are at least going to have some comfort that certain forms of wage - restraint legislation is not automatically unconstitutional.»