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BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006
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More Ammo For A Higher Minimum New research says a ripple effect would hike the pay of a lot of family bread winners.   |
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October 2001
C.J. Prince |
Pay Up When the minimum wage rises, will small businesses get the downside? |
Job Journal
June 20, 2004
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Waning Interest in Minimum Wage Is it time to consider another hike in America's minimum wage? |
Entrepreneur
October 2006
Chris Penttila |
Raising the Minimum Wage Will a higher minimum wage hurt entrepreneurs? Many say no. |
Job Journal
February 5, 2006
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Link Minimum Wage to CPI Count Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger among those who favor raising the minimum wage. But should our lowest wages be tied to the cost of living? |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Aaron Bernstein |
Minimum Wage: The States Get It Since Congress won't raise hourly pay, local lawmakers are taking the lead. |
Job Journal
January 25, 2004
Michael Kinsman |
The Minimum-Wage Dilemma Small businesses question the city of San Francisco's $8.50-an-hour minimum wage. |
Inc.
October 2004
Jess McCuan |
Minimum Wage Hikes Eyed Nationwide New York may soon become the 13th state to raise its minimum wage above the federal level of $5.15 an hour. |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
Seattle Takes Its First Step To A $15 Minimum Wage The city will continue to raise the minimum wage until all workers in the city earn $15 per hour on January 1, 2017 -- which will be more than twice the current federal U.S. minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 10, 2014
April White |
Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values Debate over raising the minimum wage tends to focus on costs and benefits, but economist Matthew Weinzierl argues that what really is at stake are much deeper societal values. |
Job Journal
February 4, 2007
Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: 2007 -- a Turnaround Year Predictions of an improving climate for workers and job-seekers. |
Entrepreneur
August 2007
Carol Tice |
Gimme a Tax Break Tax breaks ease the burden of the minimum-wage hike for business owners. |
Reason
February 2004
Tim Cavanaugh |
Sins of Wages: Living wages, killing restaurants San Francisco recently upped its minimum wage to $8.50 an hour, a hike that includes waitresses' and waiters' pay. Restaurateurs, who have until February to comply with the new law, are already discussing plans to cut back benefits and freeze hiring to offset the new expense. |
Reason
November 2005
Kerry Howley |
Data: Whose Living Wage? A study by a nonpartisan think tank, suggests that while living wage laws in America do tend to reduce overall poverty, they hurt those who can least afford it. |
Fast Company
Lydia Dishman |
New Rules For Overtime Pay: Blessing Or Curse For Business? President Obama announced this morning that the Department of Labor will propose to raise the salary threshold below which workers must receive overtime pay to $50,440 in 2016. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Michelle Conlin |
How to Lift the Working Poor The Russell Sage Foundation says boosting tax credits and the minimum wage combined with education will help the working poor in the U.S. |
BusinessWeek
February 12, 2007
Maria Bartiromo |
The Good News Economy Al Hubbard, director of the National Economic Council and one of the President's top advisers talks about the U.S. economy. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Labor Ready Is Ready for Action The temp agency surprises even itself, but investors should watch out for wage increases. |
Entrepreneur
September 2007
Jane Easter Bahls |
Fair Pay Think interns mean free labor? Think again. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 4, 2015
James Heskett |
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality? Walmart's recent action to raise wages and offer new career advancement opportunities cheer advocates who believe market forces, not government intervention, offer the best ways to address unhealthy levels of wage disparity. |
Salon.com
September 20, 2000
David Moberg |
Everything you know about the new economy is wrong In California, birthplace of the high-tech boom, the wage gap is growing, setting yet another national trend... |
Food Processing
September 2010
Brett Sutton |
Four Mistakes Food Processors Make in California The Golden State has higher wage and hour practices than federal standards. |
Entrepreneur
April 2007
Carol Tice |
Big Change How will the new Congress affect business taxes? |
Entrepreneur
April 2007
Joshua Kurlantzick |
In With the New The shift in congressional leadership could prove a boon for small business. What might the new Congress do for you? |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Anthony Annett |
Reform in Europe: What Went Right? Successful economic and social reformers can offer valuable lessons for the rest of the EU. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
Conlin & Bernstein |
Working...And Poor In today's cutthroat job market, the bottom rung is as high as most workers will ever get. But the political will to help them seems a long way off. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2006
Mike Norman |
The Cost of Doing Business It could be going up, but the quest for productivity will drive another cycle of technology investment. What does this mean for investors? |
Job Journal
January 16, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: No Hike Likely in Pay Raises If you were expecting a big pay raise in 2005, brace yourself for some news you've heard before: You're probably not going to get one. If you do, surveys say it won't exceed 4 percent. |
Job Journal
September 22, 2013 |
Jobwire Silicon Valley boosts state's job growth... Minimum wage on the way up... Target will hire about 70,000 seasonal workers for the holidays... |
Entrepreneur
January 2005
Stephen Barlas |
Take a Peek If you want to look ahead at the small-business agenda as the new session of Congress gets underway, it helps to look back. |
Job Journal
January 1, 2006 |
Jobwire for the Week of Jan 1, 2006 A Flood of New Jobs Through 2014... Minimum Wage Redux... On the Job Front... Millions in New Job-Training Funds... Headlines Worthy of Ripley... etc. |
Entrepreneur
August 2007
Sara Wilson |
Boiling Point? The restaurant industry is feeling the heat. Restaurateurs will soon have to contend with commercial rent increases, minimum wage hikes, and rising food costs. |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
Laura D'Andrea Tyson |
This Recovery Could Be Built On Quicksand Propelled by strong growth in the U.S., the world economy is on course to hit its fastest expansion in 20 years. |
Inc.
February 1, 2003
Eamon Javers |
Storming the Hill Now that the Republicans are in command, the small-business lobby hopes this new congressional session will bring it more victories than losses. Here's the view from the field. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2009
Chuck Saletta |
A Retirement Plan That's Guaranteed to Fail Even if it survives until the time you need it, Social Security won't pay you much. |
Entrepreneur
July 2003
Stephen Barlas |
Clocking In For low-wage workers, overtime may get more lucrative. |
Salon.com
June 3, 2002
Chris Colin |
Welcome to the occupation Maple Razsa, an organizer from last year's living wage sit-in at Harvard, talks about his documentary on the event, snooping administrators and Oprah's take on poverty... |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Why It's Worse Than the Great Depression and You Haven't Been Given a Raise Real wage growth over the past decade hasn't just been below average. It was actually slower than during the Great Depression decade of 1929-1939. |
Job Journal
March 25, 2007
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Paid Sick Leave is Good Medicine Paid sick leave is an employee benefit whose time has come. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2005
Mike Cianciolo |
Wal-Mart's Jumbo-Sized Plans The retail giant lays out policy changes and a growth strategy. With its share price falling about 20% in the past year, Wal-Mart is doing all it can to reverse that trend, hoping to prove that even giants can be nimble. |
Reason
February 2004
Ronald Bailey |
Sweatshops Forever: Oppression rasies wages Want to improve the lives of poor workers in developing countries? Then rush out and buy a pair of Nikes or Levi Strauss jeans, says a new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research. |
Job Journal
January 22, 2006 |
Jobwire for the Week of January 22, 2006 2005 a good year for job growth... Interviews are the biggest hurdle... On the job front... Hiring 'wrinkles' costs less... High school career mag to debut... Training the 'Pod people... Women dropping out of workforce... |
Investment Advisor
December 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
Catching up with... Liz Ann Sonders An interview with the chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab about the mid-term elections, the rest of 2006, and her economic outlook for 2007. |
BusinessWeek
July 9, 2007
James Sherk |
An Upside To Inequality? Policymakers must search for ways to expand the number of jobs that can base pay on performance and allow more workers to share in the gains. |
ifeminists
September 22, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Wage Gap Reflects Women's Priorities The disparity in wages has nothing to do with discrimination against women. It reflects the preferences of women themselves. |
Job Journal
September 2, 2007
Rich Heintz |
State of the Workplace Is anyone really paying attention to the plight of American workers? Here is a look at some of the major issues confronting American workers in 2007. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Social Security Reform? Wait Until Next Year If history is any guide, politicians will decide it is safer to put off until tomorrow what they could do today, especially with such a hot issue. In addition, the war on terrorism continues to occupy much of Washington's attention... |
Job Journal
October 23, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: The Price of Free Speech Sometimes an outspoken worker pays the ultimate price. |
Job Journal
September 11, 2005 |
Jobwire for the Week of September 11, 2005 A Shorter Search for Employment... Sexual Favors Create Hostile Environment... Employed & Annoyed... On the Job Front... etc. |
Salon.com
November 20, 2002
Robert Scheer |
Politics, not policy Privatizing half the federal civilian jobs proves the Bushies' hatred for the unions that are still the steadiest opponents of corporate consolidation and greed. |
