minimum wage increase

States release mandatory updates to labor law posters for 2013. The updates affect areas that include minimum wage, discrimination, unemployment, workers’ compensation among others. Use this checklist to ensure ALL facilities are in compliance with mandatory 2013 updates. Arizona Increase minimum wage California Discrimination and Notices A & B California Pamphlets Workers’ comp, Paid family Read more

Employers in the Sunshine State are required to update their labor law posters to be in compliance with recent state changes.  The changes include an increase in the minimum wage and updates concerning unemployment compensation assistance under the Reemployment Assistance Program. Enactment of the Florida Minimum Wage Act dates back to 2005. Each September 30 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

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

A handful of states raise their minimum wage rates based on changes in inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). In Montana if there is an increase in the CPI the Department rounds the amount to the nearest 5 cents.  Based on an increase in the CPI of 1.7% from August 2011 to Read more

The minimum wage in Rhode Island will increase in 2013. Since 2007 the minimum wage rate has been $7.40 per hour. This will increase by 35 cents to $7.75 per hour.  This minimum wage hike represents the first raise for workers since before the Great Recession. For an average worker who works full-time this means Read more

Minimum wage workers in Rhode Island have been dreaming of a pay raise for years.  Now, their dreams are a reality. Governor Lincoln Chafee just signed a bill into law that will give the state’s minimum wage workers their first raise since 2007.  Starting on January 1, 2013, Rhode Island’s minimum wage workers will earn Read more

Minimum wage legislation exists for Canadian provinces and territories as included in labor and employment standards.  Minimum wage laws stipulate the lowest rate an employer can pay employees who are covered under an Act or Standard and serve an important purpose: the protection of non-unionized workers in unskilled jobs.  Minimum wage rate standards can, however, Read more