Amongst the other changes ushered in by the 2016 election, four states have voted to raise their minimum wage beginning in 2017. With the passage of Proposition 206, Arizona will incrementally raise the hourly rate to $12.00 by 2020, after which it will once again increase in concert with the Consumer Price Index measuring cost Read more
Michigan’s legislature has been active so far this legislative session. Of interest are the general labor-related bills. In particular, there is much discussion about the bills to raise Michigan’s minimum wage. Currently Michigan’s minimum wage is $7.40 per hour, but a couple of the minimum wage bills would increase the wage rate and bring it Read more
Labor Law Compliance Alert! Rhode Island minimum wage earners will see a bump up in their paychecks starting January 1, 2013. For the past 6 years Rhode Island’s minimum wage was $7.40 per hour. During the 2012 legislative session Governor Lincoln Chafee signed a bill raising the wage rate by 35 cents to $7.75 per Read more
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
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
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
It looks like Missouri voters are going to get their say as to whether or not minimum wage workers start earning more money. If passed, the ballot issue would raise Missouri’s minimum wage rate to $8.25 an hour, starting in 2013. Then, there would be an annual cost-of-living adjustment that would kick in at the Read more
Three more Canadian provinces, Alberta, Nova Scotia and Manitoba, recently announced increases in their minimum wage rates beginning this fall, bringing them in line with a number of other provinces which have announced plans to increase their minimum wage rates this fiscal year or that have already done so. Alberta Alberta’s general minimum wage will Read more
