Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Lawmakers Grapple With Sub-Minimum Wages For Workers With Disabilities
By HANNAH COLTON | September 13, 2019 People with intellectual and developmental disabilities often get individualized support in order to hold a job. Many work for regular pay, but a nearly century-old federal labor law allows some employers to pay these workers less than minimum wage. Lawmakers called a task force to study this issue
Labor Day Raise the Minimum Wage!
Martin J. Bennett September 11, 2019 Across the USA, 45 cities and counties have approved local minimum wage laws to address soaring inequality. Twenty-six are in high-cost California coastal counties and the Bay Area: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, and San Diego. North Bay cities are joining the ‘Fight
Raising Wages Can Lead to better Occupancy, Rates in Senior Living
By Chuck Sudo | September 12, 2019 High labor costs are among the top issues impacting the senior living industry. But raising wages also may help solve a host of other ills — not only improving recruitment and retention, but driving occupancy and higher rates. The subject of a living wage was one of several
Workers in this Peninsula city will finally receive a higher minimum wage
It will result in a 36 percent pay increase for some employees By Maggie Angst | mangst@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: September 13, 2019 at 10:37 am | UPDATED: September 13, 2019 at 10:53 am After lagging behind its neighbors, many workers in Menlo Park will start receiving heftier paychecks in January. Menlo
New Labor Rules for Uber and Lyft Should Help Cities
By Angie Schmitt Sep 13, 2019 The California legislature this week took a step that could have huge (likely positive) implications for urban transportation both locally and nationally: It passed a law requiring that Uber and Lyft classify drivers as employees — not as independent contractors, as the companies do now. The decision to treat
It’s a long shot, but proposal would rein in minimum wage hikes
Greg Bishop The Center Square Published Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Although admitting it is a long shot, a Republican lawmaker plans to push legislation that would pull back the reins on the state’s upcoming minimum wage increase. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a minimum wage increase as one of his first acts earlier this year after