Tag: minimum wage

Bogus Claims From the Poor People’s Campaign

Commentary The Poor People’s Campaign has announced a “season of nonviolent, moral direct action,” targeting the U.S. Senate with disruptive activities every Monday, July 12 through Aug 2. According to the campaign’s co-chair, the Rev. William Barber II, “The Senate must end the filibuster, protect and expand voting rights, and pass a minimum wage of…


$15 Minimum Wage Goes into Effect for Small Businesses in LA

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A $15 minimum wage went into effect for small businesses in Los Angeles July 1after being gradually phased in for businesses since being approved in 2015. The law was approved on a 14-1 vote by the City Council on May 14, 2015, and the minimum wage increase from $9 to $15 took place…


Australia Increases Minimum Wage to $20.33 Per Hour

Industry groups have criticised Australia’s minimum wage has increased to $20.33 (US$15.45) per hour, saying it was hard to fathom the move given there were still businesses struggling from the COVID recession. The Fair Work Commission announced the 2.5 percent increase, which equals 49 cents per hour or $18.80 per week—to the minimum wage on Wednesday….


‘Policy Making Madness’: New Zealand Pushes for Collective Bargaining in Radical Labour Law Reform

The New Zealand government on May 7 unveiled a new collective bargaining system marking the biggest reform of the country’s employment laws since the early 1990s. The changes have been met with fierce opposition from the business community, who say the process would be compulsory and against international law. The plan, called the Fair Pay…


Short-Term ‘Help’ Is Doing Long-Term Harm to the Economy, Killing Small Businesses

Commentary The mounting evidence can no longer be ignored. Unsubstantiated and politically motivated COVID-19 lockdown policies and imprudent relief measures are causing serious, lasting damage to the foundations of American economic prosperity. Having brought the economy to its knees through unwarranted and undependable lockdown measures that forced millions of Americans out of work and forced…


Biden to Mandate $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

President Joe Biden on Tuesday will issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their workers at least $15 an hour. Federal agencies on Jan. 20, 2022, must include a $15 minimum wage in all new contract solicitations. By March 30 of next year, all agencies will need to implement the minimum wage into new contracts…


Biden Mandates $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their workers at least $15 an hour. Federal agencies on Jan. 20, 2022, must include a $15 minimum wage in all new contract solicitations. By March 30 of next year, all agencies will need to implement the minimum wage into new contracts and…


Debate Heats Up Over Minimum Wage Increase in 2021

The Morrison government has cautioned that increasing Australia’s minimum wage this year could constrain small business recovery and employment. “Higher labor costs during this challenging period could present a major constraint to small business recovery and may dampen employment in the sector,” the government noted in a submission (pdf) to the Fair Work Commission’s annual…


Federal $15 Minimum Wage Boost Would Have Huge Harmful Impact on Small Businesses: Entrepreneur, Expert

A Nebraska small business owner and an expert with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, told NTD News’ “The Nation Speaks” in a recent interview that a $15 federal minimum wage would have a major impact on many of the country’s small businesses, including forcing them to cut hours, replace human labor with automation, hitting them…


Uber to Give UK Drivers Workers’ Rights After Court Defeat

LONDON—In a major victory for unions, Uber’s more than 70,000 British drivers will be paid the minimum wage while picking up and driving passengers as part of the ride-hailing company’s agreement to grant workers’ rights after it lost a groundbreaking Supreme Court case last month. Uber Technologies Inc has pushed back against European and U.S….