Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial Relations Announces Minimum Wage Increase For Workers The numbers are in…Missouri’s Department of Labor announces an increase in the minimum wage effective next year. Effective January 1, 2013 workers in Missouri will get paid 10 cents more, $7.35 per hour which puts them 10 cents above the federal minimum Read more
Workers in Vermont can expect to see a bump in their pay checks Effective January 1, 2013 the minimum wage in the State of Vermont will increase by 14 cents to $8.60 per hour. In addition, the basic wage rate for tipped employees increases by 7 cents to $4.17 per hour. Keep in mind employees Read more
Hotel Workers in Long Beach California Get News of Increase in Minimum Wage Minimum wage is a highly debated topic with those that support increases and those that feel it hurts businesses. Despite all the hype, voters in three cities (2 of them in California) gave low-wage workers a raise in the minimum wage. In Read more
A ballot measure to raise the City of San Jose’s minimum wage has been approved by the voters. San Jose, California employers will soon be required to pay employees no less than $10.00 per hour. Posting and Notice: Employer’s must post the Minimum Wage Notice in a conspicuous place at any workplace or job site Read more
Ten states and San Francisco, California have laws that require a mandatory bump in minimum wage rates. These bumps are tied to inflation and change based on increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). To-date, six states and San Francisco, California have announced their new minimum wage rates which will begin January 1, 2013. Arizona’s Read more
The minimum wage in Arizona will increase by 15 cents in 2013. That’s right another state with an increase in the minimum wage for the new year. At a public meeting held October 17, 2012, the Industrial Commission of Arizona determined the current minimum wage of $7.65 per hour will increase by 15 cents. That Read more
San Francisco will have the highest minimum wage rate in the country come January 1, 2013. San Francisco passes up Santa Fe, New Mexico on January 1, 2013 with the highest minimum wage rate in the country. The San Francisco minimum wage will increase by a whopping 31 cents bringing the rate to $10.55 per Read more
Add Florida to the growing list of states raising their minimum wage. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity just announced the 2013 minimum wage rate which is based on inflation and the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The 2013 Florida minimum wage rate is calculated using the percentage change in the CPI between August 2011 and Read more
Employers need to juggle a plethora of labor laws including minimum wage increases. That is just what Saskatchewan employers are preparing to do on December 1, 2012. Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will increase by 50 cents from $9.50 to $10.00 per hour the first day of December 2012. The minimum wage adjustment follows a commitment by Read more
Each year there are ten states that adjust their minimum wage rates for an increase in the cost of living. The increase is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which rose 1.7% since August 2011. If you read our last blog post you already know that Montana’s minimum wage will increase 15 cents to Read more
