Minimum wage hikes have mixed results on workforce: poll
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 16, 2024
Increases in minimum wage also can be good for more highly paid workers, according to the results of an Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey released Wednesday.
Connecticut’s personal care workers could see 26 percent raise in minimum wage
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2024
Personal care workers in Connecticut could receive a 26% raise in the minimum wage if the state General Assembly approves a three-year agreement reached between the Connecticut Personal Care Assistant...
Bill would support companies in employment of workers with disabilities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 04, 2024
A proposed federal bill with bipartisan support would “support employers transitioning to paying competitive, fair wages to people with disabilities,” according to one of its sponsors, Sen. Bob Casey...
Business briefs, Feb. 27
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2024
Proposed law would impose federal reporting requirements on assisted living providers … Feb. 29 is deadline to participate in professional liability study … Iowa lawmakers ponder $20 minimum wage for...
Healthcare ranks second among industries with workers frustrated by low pay: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2024
Healthcare workers rank second among those frustrated about their industry’s pay, according to a recent analysis from USA Today Blueprint.
Governor reevaluates $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 12, 2024
In the wake of a projected $38 billion deficit, California Gov. Gavin Newson (D) is reevaluating an incremental minimum wage increase to $25 an hour for nursing homes, assisted living and other healthcare-related...
Raise the Wage Act would boost federal spending by $27 billion, CBO says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 03, 2024
The Raise the Wage Act of 2023, by increasing the federal minimum wage above $7.25 an hour for the first time in more than a decade, would boost spending for major federal healthcare programs by about...
Business briefs, Jan. 3
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 03, 2024
PRF reporting period 6 opens … Noncompetes, wage transparency among top employment law changes for 2024 … 22 states increased minimum wage Jan. 1 … State creates LLC ownership transparency database...
Business briefs, Dec. 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2023
Fitch Ratings revises outlook for Broadmead to stable from positive … Fitch Ratings affirms Forest at Duke at BBB-; outlook stable … $17 minimum wage would cost 1.4 million jobs, run up Medicare tab:...
22 states to increase minimum wage on Jan. 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 13, 2023
Almost half of the states, along with 40 local jurisdictions, are set to ring in 2024 with increases to minimum wage, according to Polsinelli law firm.