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- The Impact of Differential Payroll Tax Subsidies on Minimum Wage Employment
- This paper studies the impact of changes of total labor costs on employment of low wage workers in France in a period, 1990 to 1998, that saw sudden and large changes in these costs. It uses longitudinal data from the French Labor Force survey in order to understand the consequences...
- White papers 2000-11-29
- The Living Low Paid | BTalk Australia
- (16min 48) There’s a concern that the unempoyment rate will rise this year, but what about those people working part-time for a low wage? It’s an increasing proportion of the Australian workforce yet it attracts little attention from policy makers. On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks...
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Government Alert: Costco mulling Brooklyn Market; $75,000 needed to finance study.(Brief Article)
- Costco is thinking about putting a store in an empty warehouse in the Brooklyn Terminal Market. The 450,000-square-foot building has been vacant for six months, ever since Key Food moved its distribution facilities to New England. The city Economi Costco is thinking about...
- Research articles 2002-06-10
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- Labor leaders hope higher minimum wage is just the beginning
- WASHINGTON -- When the House votes today on raising the minimum wage, it will mark a first step in what labor leaders see as a broader effort to increase Americans' earning power, including a measure making it easier to organize unions. The House, now with a Democratic majority, is expected...
- Research articles 2007-01-10
- Still bogged down by wage issue, Senate faces weighty agenda.(includes related information on pending issues)
- The Senate will undertake a lengthy agenda when it returns from its 1996 Fourth of July recess. Issues on the agenda include spending appropriations, the revision of immigration laws, public housing finance reform, safe drinking water law modifications, and minimum wage issues.Senate Republican and Democratic leaders were in almost constant...
- Research articles 1996-07-01
- Bill to raise the La. minimum wage $1 above the national rate sent
- A bill to raise the state minimum wage permanently $1 above the national rate was sent back to the Senate Finance Committee after the Senate adopted an amendment preventing the exclusion of student employees and employees of state universities from the raise. State Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, who introduced...
- Research articles 2004-06-14
- CONGRESS DIVIDED ON MINIMUM-WAGE BILL.
- Byline: KRISTI ELLIS WASHINGTON - A clear difference of opinion has emerged between House and Senate Democrats over tying a minimum-wage increase to tax breaks for small businesses, which could delay and potentially derail a compromise on pending legislation. ...
- Research articles 2007-01-22
- Expired local priorities ride along with wage bill approved by Senate.
- The Senate has approved a $19 billion combined funding package that would finance various programs, including tax breaks for small businesses, a minimum wage increase, and the refinancing of some expired programs. The airline ticket tax has been extended in order to pay for the package.The Senate overwhelmingly voted to...
- Research articles 1996-07-15
- CAmpaign deform act - campaign finance reform - Editorial
- THE U.S. Senate of late is no stranger to posturing in the service of dubious public policy (cf. the minimum-wage debate, the Kennedy - Kassebaum health-care bill, etc.). But the new campaign-finance-reform legislation pushed by Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Sen. Russell Feingold (D., Wis.) represents a departure even...
- Research articles 1996-06-03
- Make sure baby boomers don't go bust. (federal retirement finance regulations must be reformed)(Editorial)
- Although the Kassebaum-Kennedy health care reform act has garnered more publicity, Congress also deserves congratulations for finally taking the first step toward an equally necessary and long overdue reform of the nation's retirement income system. Indeed, the pension simplification legislation, which was part of...
- Research articles 1996-09-23
- Healthcare Roundup: Industry Asks Congress To Go Easy, Target Supports Employer Mandate, United and Cisco Team on Telehealth, and More
- Healthcare Leaders Are Nervous â€" A broad cross-section of healthcare companies, including hospitals, physician groups, pharmaceutical firms, and device makers, plus a few insurance companies, sent the Congressional leadership a letter begging them to take a centrist stance on healthcare reform. The 42 members of the Healthcare Leadership Council asked...
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- Tim Hortons Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you very much, Mr. Bonikowsky. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from the line of Irene Nattel from RBC Capital Markets. Please proceed. Irene Nattel - RBC Capital Markets Thanks, and good morning everyone. Clearly, the same store sales numbers were extremely...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-28
- If I Were Chancellor...
- For all its vaunted support of the SME sector, can the government help them now, when access to funding and supply chain pressures are constricting their ability to grow? According to the Chartered Management Institute's latest Economic Outlook Survey, 85 per cent of managers think the government...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Amendment provides tax breaks for small business
- The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved an amendment to H.R. 2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, that creates tax breaks for small businesses that are intended to balance the cost of an increased minimum wage: * One-year extension of increased small-business expensing under Sec. 179; *...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Need to know: Havas bond ... BAA loss ... SAP sales weak ...
- View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics House prices: Figures from the Land Registry showed that house prices in England and Wales rose by 0.9 per cent in September, with the average price of a property now 5.6 per cent lower than in September last year. German inflation:...
- News items 2009-10-28
- In a Gloomy Economy, Signs of Light
- In a Gloomy Economy, Signs of LightRE: In a Gloomy Economy, Signs of LightFirst, the Feds must take care of the middle class which is at least 70% of the economy. A rebate check of $1,000 would stave off a very gloomy Christmas.Instead of bailing out the high-rollers, we...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- What Really Gets Carl Icahn's Goat
- What Really Gets Carl Icahn's GoatRE: What Really Gets Carl Icahn's GoatHe is right ... even a small investor, like me, with zero money to waste, should have full access to investor lits without cost, except for Kinko's copying costs if they want to be gooses ... else, how much...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- The Five Dangers of Parental Leave
- Leaving work to care for a new child can complicate your career. Here's how to avoid common problems. Danger: Turning into Baby Central Neutralizer: Keep kid-centric chatter to a minimum It's natural for you to be excited about a new baby or a...
- Articles 2007-05-29
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