Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Hong Kong raises minimum wage for foreign domestic helpers by 2.4 pct
By Xinhua Editor: Huaxia Sep 27, 2019 @Friday 11:17 PM HONG KONG, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — The minimum allowable wage for foreign domestic helpers in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) will rise 2.4 percent to 4,630 HK dollars (about 590.53 U.S. dollars) per month, the SAR government announced Friday. Under Hong Kong’s standard
Alaska’s minimum wage will increase to more than $10 an hour come January
By Kristen Durand Sep 26, 2019 @Thu 5:59 PM ANCHORAGE (KTUU) – Minimum wage workers will see an increase in their paychecks next year. Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development has announced the increase will top ten dollars an hour. Come January 2020, the minimum wage will go from $9.89 to $10.19, up 3-percent
California job growth was healthy in August, but the labor force is shrinking
By Margot RooseveltStaff Writer Sep. 20, 2019 @ 1:13 PM California’s record job expansion accelerated in August across broad sectors of the economy and unemployment remained low as the state weathered the challenges of slowing global growth. Employers added 34,000 positions last month — the 114th month that payrolls grew and the longest expansion in state
Oakland County board to consider $15 minimum wage
By Mark Cavitt mcavitt@medianewsgroup.com @MarkCavitt on Twitter 23 Sep 2019 @ 11 a.m. Oakland County’s minimum wage may soon increase to $15 per hour. On Wednesday, the board of commissioners will consider approving a change to the county’s salary plan, which includes the addition of a $15 per hour minimum wage. This would immediately
Labour has a plan for industry – and bosses are listening
Sean Farrell Sun 22 Sep 2019 With an election looming and politics in upheaval, companies and lobbyists are looking hard at the Labour party’s business policies. Aside from wrangling over its position on Brexit, Labour has been devising the most radical rethink of business’s role in the economy and society since the 1980s. Rebecca Long-Bailey,
Seattle is considering a plan to set minimum pay for Uber and Lyft drivers
By Heidi Groover and Daniel Beekman Sep. 16, 2019 at 6:00 pm Updated Sep. 19, 2019 at 5:23 pm Along with a potential tax on Uber and Lyft rides, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office is considering legislation aimed at bolstering the rights of drivers who use the apps, including possibly setting minimum pay, according