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- an hourly rate of pay, usually set by government, to which all employees are legally entitled
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- Starbucks' Tip Dilemma: Update
- Starbucks' Tip Dilemma: UpdateIt's Not That Clear CutI read all the responses about the tip jar settlement but it was never clear whether a lawyer was consulted by a disgruntled employee or a lawyer went looking for the case.That notwithstanding, the whole subject of tips and how they are distributed...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
- Minimum Wage Increase Is Good for Business
- Minimum Wage Increase Is Good for BusinessSagging economy?What sagging economy?
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
- Senate panel debates merit of raising minimum wage
- By James Carlson
- Research articles 2008-02-20
- WakeUpWalMart.com: Wal-Mart Flip-Flops on Minimum Wage; Wal- Mart's Campaign of Lies and Deception Continues
- WASHINGTON, June 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Despite multiple headlines in October 2005 which read "Wal-Mart Urges Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage," Wal-Mart announced today it does not support raising the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, according tWASHINGTON, June 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Despite multiple headlines in October 2005...
- Research articles 2006-06-28
- Overtime exemptions go to governor.(Column)(regulations)(Consumers Energy Co. and the Detroit Edison Co. buys land)(Deborah Roberts becomes executive director at Michigan State Building Authority)
- Byline: Amy Lane A bill that retains overtime exemptions for employers when the state minimum wage rises on Oct. 1 is on its way to Gov. Jennifer Granholm, after clearing the Legislature on Wednesday. The state Senate and House gave immediate ef...
- Research articles 2006-09-04
- Senate, House work to boost minimum wage.(TALK OF THE TRADE)
- The U.S. Senate voted 94-3 last month to increase the federal minimum wage, adding $8.3 billion in tax breaks for small businesses to the original bill; the House countered with a $1.8 billion package. If a compromise is reached, the legislation woul The U.S. Senate voted...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Senate nixes plan to raise minimum wage to $7.25
- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate rejected a proposal by Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., to raise the federal minimum wage by 41 percent over the next two years to $7.25 an hour.
- Research articles 2006-07-03
- Mind the gap.(Department of Housing & Urban Development on minimum wage)(Brief Article)
- So much for HUD's federal affordability standard, which estimates that housing costs should eat up no more than 30 percent of household income. Using that formula, a worker putting in 40 hours per week at minimum wage cannot currently afford rent and So much for HUD's...
- Research articles 2006-02-01
- Report: Buying Power of Minimum Wage at 51 Year Low; Unless Congress Acts Soon, It Will Break Longest Record For Ignoring Wage Floor
- WASHINGTON, June 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new joint report from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that the federal minimum wage, which has not been raised since September 1997, has eroded in its purchasing pWASHINGTON, June 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new...
- Research articles 2006-06-20
- Senate rejects minimum-wage increase.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)
- On March 7, the U.S. Senate voted down two amendments that would have increased the federal minimum wage as part of the bankruptcy overhaul bill (S. 256). Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1996. On March 7, the U.S. Senate voted down...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- OK Senate panel passes ballot proposal to boost minimum wage
- A proposed constitutional amendment to increase the Oklahoma minimum wage by 50 cents per year over the next five years passed the Senate Business and Labor Committee on Monday.
- Research articles 2006-02-28
- Experts Available To Discuss Minimum Wage Plans Defeated in Senate
- TOPIC: Two minimum wage plans, one from Democrats and one from Republicans, did not receive approval in the Senate, according to an article by The Associated Press. Democrats proposed a plan to raise the current hourly minimum wage of $5.15 to $7.25 over the next 26 months, while the Republican...
- Research articles 2005-03-08
- The stakes of raising the federal minimum wage: with the 110th Congress poised to increase the federal minimum wage, the apartment industry readies itself for the possible positive--and negative--repercussions.
- A priority for congressional Democrats, who recently earned majorities in both houses of Congress, is to pass legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage. The federal minimum wage, which is currently set at $5.15 per hour, has not been incr A priority for congressional Democrats,...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Minimum wage, maximum absurdity
- ITEM: The CNN/Money website for October 25 reported: "Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott said he's urging Congress to consider raising the minimum wage so that Wal-Mart customers don't have to struggle paycheck to paycheck. Scott told Wal-Mart directors and executives in a speech Monday that he believes 'it is time for...
- Research articles 2005-11-28
- Letters.
- Chamber position is wrong Editor: I write regarding the recent controversy surrounding Wayne State University and the use of one of its Web sites to discuss the minimum wage campaign and also to tell Jim Barrett of the Michigan Chamber of ...
- Research articles 2006-01-09
- House joins Senate, votes to increase Md. minimum wage
- Much to the dismay of business groups, labor advocates won a victory yesterday in the House of Delegates with the passage of a $1 minimum wage increase.
- Research articles 2005-03-25
- Efforts to increase minimum wage continue anew in Congress, nation.
- Democrats are gearing up for another try at raising the national minimum wage, as they recently launched a new effort in the House to force a vote on the issue. Democrats are gearing up for another try at raising the national minimum wage,...
- Research articles 2006-03-20
- Big companies will pay the tab for tax breaks going to small firms.(TAXES)
- Big companies will pay the tab for tax breaks going to small firms under the minimum wage bill that Congress is likely to pass soon. To ease the pain of the $2.10-per-hour increase in the minimum wage, Congress added a number of breaks, most designed Big...
- Research articles 2007-02-23
- Pelosi Statement on Senate Vote on Minimum Wage
- WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement late last night on the Senate's vote to reject a Republican bill linking the estate tax and the minimum wage: WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement...
- Research articles 2006-08-04
- Minimum wage prospects murky - minimum wage bill takes back burner as government focuses on national defense due to World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks - Brief Article
- WASHINGTON D.C. -- Add to the uncertainty resulting from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks the size and timing of an expected minimum wage increase. "If the terrorist attacks had not happened, I would have said to plan on at least a $1.00 an hour increase by the end of 2002....
- Research articles 2001-10-01
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