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California City Minimum Wages: Berkley and Sunnyvale
Berkley and Sunnyvale are among the Cities in the U.S. who recently enacted new minimum wage ordinances. Berkeley Minimum Wage Berkeley, California increased its minimum wage rate to $10.00 per hour effective October 1, 2014. The Berkeley Minimum Wage Ordinance (MWO) includes planned increases to the minimum wage rate in 2015 and 2016. Effective […]
Albuquerque 2015 Minimum Wage Increase
Albuquerque increased its 2015 minimum wage rate to $8.75 effective January 1, 2015. [wc_divider style=”dotted” line=”single” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=””] The City launched its Albuquerque Minimum Wage Ordinance in 2007 and indexes the minimum wage rate to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) each year to compensate for the cost of living. The 2014 CPI report identified a […]
New York 2015 Minimum Wage Increase
New York State’s minimum wage increases to $8.75 per hour effective December 31, 2014. The New York minimum wage for 2015 is the second step toward a $9.00 minimum wage for 2016. The $8.75 minimum wage rate for 2015 is a 75-cent increase over the 2014 rate of $8.00. The New York State legislature recently […]
Passed: $13 Minimum Wage for Chicago by 2019
The City of Chicago approved a new minimum wage ordinance that establishes a minimum wage that increases in stages to $13 per hour in five years. [wc_divider style=”dotted” line=”single” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=””] According to the Mayor’s Office, more than 400,000 workers in Chicago will receive automatic pay increases as a result of the new Chicago minimum […]