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- 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
- Don't Price People Out of a Job
- As well as worrying about maximum pay in boardrooms, ministers should look at the minimum wages on the shop floor. If government wants more young people to find jobs it must consider lowering the cost of employing them.  Britain has nearly a million people aged under 25...
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Congress to Consider Impact of Minimum Wage Increase on Job Growth.
- By Jim Davenport, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jim Davenport, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 1998-02-11
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- Understanding the Minimum Wage
- Every U.S. business must comply with the minimum wage laws of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA. This article shows the current national minimum hourly wage, explains whom it applies to, and lists the exceptions. It also describes which elements of workers' pay are included in the minimum wage...
- Articles 2007-09-28
- MUTED OPPOSITION.(Congress considering minimum wage increase)(Brief Article)
- Legislation to increase the minimum wage is working its way through Congress and, as usual, business is opposing it. But this time the resistance isn't as public. The Coalition for Job Opportunities--an alliance of the National Restaurant Assn., the Legislation to increase the minimum wage...
- Research articles 1999-06-21
- Jobs Will Be Lost and Businesses Will Close If Minimum Wage Goes to $10.69/Hour
- SANTA MONICA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 1, 1999-- Business owners are warning they will have to lay off workers and close shop if the city adopts a minimum wage of $10.69/hour being proposed for a designated coastal zone in the city of Santa Monica. "This extreme minimum-wage proposal is a...
- Research articles 1999-09-01
- Blue skies? - minimum wage law
- When president Clinton signed the minimum wage bill (officially dubbed the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, H.R. 3448) into law just before the Democratic National Convention, the sun came out and things looked brighter for small businesses all over the nation. Besides the minimum wage increase itself, the...
- Research articles 1996-11-01
- Business lobbyist group shakes head at minimum wage hike. (The Buzz).(Carolyn Logue, National Federation of Independent Business)(Brief Article)
- The state's minimum wage will increase to $7.01 come Jan. 1, 2003, and the director of the National Federation of Independent Business isn't happy about it. "Washington has the highest minimum wage in the country," said NFIB Director Carolyn Logue in a written statement....
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- Brewer balks at minimum wage
- The level of minimum wage being demanded by many unions would cost the leisure industry pounds 167m and lead to substantial job losses, according to a leaked memorandum to the Labour Party from one of the sector's biggest companies. The confidential document from Whitbread, the brewing, pubs and...
- Research articles 1996-08-29
- GAO suggests research on getting TANF recipients over minimum wage.
- More needs to be done to help welfare recipients earn above minimum wage and thereby move off of public assistance, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report. To that end, GAO has recommended that the Health and Human Services Department conduct...
- Research articles 2006-01-12
- UNFAIR HARVARD.(actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon join rally for $10.25-an-hour minimum wage at Harvard University)(Brief Article)
- When Harvard employees rallied for a $10.25-an-hour minimum wage in early May, backers packed the Yard. Credit the Progressive Student Labor Movement's Living Wage Campaign with a fine job of publicizing the rally. But there's no denying that the appearance of actors Ben Affleck and Matt...
- Research articles 2000-06-05
- Major Newspapers Agree: Voters Should Say No to Minimum Wage Ballot Initiatives ; High Costs, Job Loss, Constitutional Abuse, Privacy Threats Top List of Reasons Why Editorial Boards Reject Wage Hike Measures
- To: National DeskContact: Sue Hensley, 202-331-5964; Chrissy Shott, 202-331-5902, both of the National Restaurant AssociationWASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- What do the Denver Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Arizona Republic, and the Las Vegas Review Journal all have in common? They all agree that the minimum wage ballot initiatives in...
- Research articles 2006-11-03
- Minimum wage bill passes in Senate by 74-24 vote; big blow to retailers.
- The US Senate approved a bill on July 9, 1996, that would raise the nation's hourly minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.15. The House of Representatives must give its final approval to the legislation before it can be sent to President Clinton, who supports the raise. Retailers fear the increase...
- Research articles 1996-07-10
- Temps benefit financially from tight job market
- Temporary workers are starting entry-level jobs at pay scales averaging 59 percent more than the $5.15 minimum wage, according to a survey by Oklahoma City-based Express Personnel Services. The Express survey of franchisees in 40 cities found that all paid more than the minimum wage. Entry-level starting pay...
- Research articles 2000-05-02
- Statement on signing the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996
- Today I have signed into law H.R. 3448, the "Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996."This is important and long overdue legislation that provides a badly needed pay raise for millions of Americans and their families who struggle to make ends meet while working at the minimum wage. The Act...
- Research articles 1996-08-26
- Supreme Court Strikes Down Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act.(Originated from Tulsa World, Okla.)
- Mar. 13--Until 1995, Oklahoma was one of 31 states that used a "little Davis-Bacon act" to set minimum wages for state, county and local projects. That year, state Labor Commissioner Brenda Reneau questioned a round of wage surveys made by the...
- Research articles 1997-03-13
- Research needed on raising wages beyond minimum for TANF recipients.(Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)(Brief Article)
- The Government Accountability Office has asked the Health and Human Services Department to conduct additional research into how to increase incomes of welfare recipients. While acknowledging HHS efforts to improve job prospects for low-income earners through programs such as Job Opportunities for Low...
- Research articles 2006-01-09
- Remarks on the minimum wage initiative
- February 3, 1995Good morning. When we scheduled this out here, we had a different forecast. [Laughter] But here we are, the hardy party. [Laughter]Today marks the completion of 2 full years of economic reports in our administration. This morning the Department of Labor reported that nearly 6 million jobs have...
- Research articles 1995-02-06
- Nontraditional Job Opportunities For Your Teen: When The Local Fast Food Restaurant Isn't Hiring
- The school year is winding down and your child is looking for some spending money. Many will apply at businesses that traditionally hire teens, like fast food restaurants and grocery stores. Usually, there are more applicants than positions and competition can be fierce. In areas where adult unemployment rates are...
- White papers 2005-04-07
- Down Mexico way? (United States and the Mexican economy)(Clinton & Co.) (Column)
- It was save-my-presidency time when President Clinton, during the State of the Union Message, spoke long and passionately about the need to drive the snakes of special interests from Washington and to fight for hard-pressed "ordinary" Americans who play by the rules. But in his first...
- Research articles 1995-02-13
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