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Connecticut Minimum Wage and Wage Orders
Connecticut revised its minimum wage posting and five industry-specific wage orders to reflect increases in its minimum wage rate increases that took effect January 1, 2014. The revisions are considered mandatory, and employers in the affected industries must display the most current version of the wage order appropriate to their business classification. The minimum wage […]
Vermont Goes In Big with $10.50 Minimum Wage
In a nearly unanimous decision, the Vermont House of Representatives ended the 2014 legislative session with a 132-3 vote on a Bill (H.552) to increase the state’s minimum wage to $10.50 per hour by 2018. The $10.50 rate will give Vermont the highest state minimum wage in the U.S. The legislation has yet to be […]
Has Tipping Gone Too Far?
Tipping is the voluntary demonstration of gratitude in exchange for a service. Although it’s standard practice to leave a tip for a server when dining out at a restaurant or to drop coins in a tip jar for baristas at the coffee shop, the number of hands extended to receive those tips seems to be […]
California $9.00 Minimum Wage Begins July 1, 2014
With the passage of Assembly Bill 10, California minimum wage workers will receive a 12.5 percent raise from $8.00 to the new rate of $9.00 beginning July 1, 2014. California’s minimum wage will increase again January 1, 2016 to $10.00 per hour. But is California’s Minimum Wage Increase Enough? The increase, which California Governor Jerry […]