Commentary Here we go again. The latest scheduled round of minimum-wage increases, to $15 per hour ($14 for small companies), starts Jan. 1. It hasn’t even gone into effect, yet calls are going out for a $18 wage. Why not $28? Or $58? Or $118? Joe Sanberg, identified by the Sacramento Bee as a “Los…
Towns Around Massachusetts Paying Snowplow Drivers up to $310 an Hour Amid Labor Shortage
November 9, 2021
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Towns around Massachusetts are offering up to $130 an hour for drivers with a commercial license amid a labor shortage. According to a “request for response from interested vendors 2021–2022” legal notice, Watertown is paying up to $200 for plow drivers with a commercial license, and the rates increase to $310 for those with specialized equipment, specifically a rubber-tired…
Increasing the Minimum Wage Hurts Those It Aims to Help
Commentary Ontario Premier Doug Ford hiking the minimum wage thrills liberals and socialists because they think those fusty, hard-hearted Tories, in jettisoning obsolete economic theory for compassion, are admitting they were right all along. And it thrills conservatives to give up defending unpopular ideas because they think they’ll stop being treated as social lepers. So…
West Hollywood City Council Votes to Hike Minimum Wage to $17.64 an Hour Starting Next Year
November 5, 2021
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The West Hollywood City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted to approve a draft order to increase the city’s minimum wage to $17.64 an hour, beginning next year. The rate will first take effect Jan. 1 for hospitality workers and will “create a phased approach for minimum wage increases for large businesses and small businesses with adjustments every six months to…
Australian Union Claims Victory for Fruit Picking Minimum Wage
The Australian Fair Work Commission has ruled in favour of a guaranteed minimum wage for casual fruit and vegetable pickers on piece-rate arrangements. Farmers will now be forced to pay an hourly minimum casual wage of $25.41 (US$18.94), even under piece-rates, which is where workers are paid for the volume picked. The Australian Workers’ Union…
Ontario to Boost Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour, Ford Says
Premier Doug Ford says Ontario will increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. He says the wage, which is currently $14.35, will increase on Jan. 1. Ford’s Progressive Conservative government cancelled a scheduled increase from $14 to $15 that was supposed to happen in 2019. The previous year, the Liberal government at the time…
Ontario Will Boost Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour in 2022: Ford
Ontario will raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour next year, Premier Doug Ford announced on Nov. 2—a move that was welcomed by labour leaders and questioned by some business groups. The minimum wage in Ontario currently sits at $14.35 per hour. The wage increase will take effect on Jan. 1, 2022, giving a…
More Than 90 Percent of Minimum-Wage Earners Don’t Live in Poor Households: New Study
The vast majority of minimum-wage earners in Canada don’t live in low-income households, and most are teens or young adults living with family, a new study by the Fraser Institute finds, raising questions about the effectiveness of higher wage floors in reducing poverty. The study, “Who Earns the Minimum Wage in Canada,” found that 92.3…
UK Raises Minimum Wage Amid Rising Inflation
The UK Treasury said on Monday that the National Living Wage is set to increase from £8.91 to £9.50 (from $12.27 to $13.08) an hour as part of the autumn Budget, but critics said that much of the raise will be eaten up by rapidly rising inflation. The 59-pence rise means a full-time worker on…
California Governor Signs Legislation Eliminating ‘Exploitative’ Piece Rate for Garment Industry Workers
September 28, 2021
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California has become the first U.S. state to eliminate paying garment workers by the piece or unit, and will instead pay them by the hour. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed Senate Bill 62, also known as the Garment Worker Protection Act, which creates new “nation-leading” policies that will end the practice that has prevented thousands of workers in…
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