Workplace Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Miriam Cherry (McGeorge, Visiting Georgia) (she likes "Georges" I guess) has posted on SSRN her piece in the Alabama Law Review: Working for (Virtually) Minimum Wage: Applying the Fair Labor Standards Act in Cyberspace. From the abstract: As more work...
Mungowit's End (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In my recent podcas t with Russ ("DJ Yiddisher Kop" is his rap name) Roberts , we discussed the problems caused by minimum wage. In particular, economic theory would clearly imply that forcing a higher than equilibrium wage would allow, in fact encourage, employers to take it out on employees on other margins. Abuse, discrimination in hiring, overwork, bad scheduling, etc. And...well, what...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
A federal judge has ruled that an Oregon orchard company did not break minimum-wage laws by deducting money for food and housing from paychecks for seasonal workers.
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
By Stella Creasy / @stellacreasy This article was first published at the Local Action Network . As we head towards the next election everyone is seeking big ideas. But sometimes the micro can be as progressive as much as the macro. The argument of this article can be summed up as social justice would be well served if we did more to support street parties. Street parties? Admittedly not in the same...
Wild Horses Of Fire (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
"There is hope, but not for us." -Franz Kafka All their hopes to not work minimum wage jobs All their hopes to not be victims of the housing crisis All their hopes to not be victims of the health care crisis All their hopes for and identifications with a distant people who have had their land their local resources taken from them by a faceless outside corporate entity All the so-called "cliche"...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Business Management offers this great visual for understanding income in equality in the U.S. Each light blue figure in this visual represents 50 years of work at minimum wage (making $15,080 a year); the medium blue figures represent 50 years of work at the average wage (making $40,690 a year); the dark blue figures represent 50 years as the President of the United States (making $400,000 a year)....
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
This past week Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress released a seminal report on the emergence of women as primary wage earners for millions of families. The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything , marks a promising step forward in the evolution of a society that for too long has failed to adjust policies and practices to women's growing presence in the workplace. Left...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
The above quote was from a cashier to me a few minutes ago. She is a single mother my age, divorced twice with 6 kids- 2 of whom are twin daughters, both in jail and both mothers themselves. She has had serious drug and alcohol abuse issues and is making minimum wage to pay the rent on a small apartment for her and her 4 year old daughter. I consider her a friend- she is a friendly, good person who...
Lisa Law View (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Ohio’s minimum wage will remain unchanged at $7.30 per hour in 2010, according to the state Department of Commerce. For tipped employees, the minimum wage remains at $3.65 per hour. Under state law, if the employee’s tips plus wages don’t average $7.30 per hour, the employer must pay the difference. The constitutional amendment passed by voters in November 2006 states that Ohio’s...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The firm that won a lucrative deal to provide healthy snacks in city schools paid the state $40,000 in fines and back pay last week for violating minimum wage rules.
The Onion (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
MILWAUKEE—l"To stop parishes from closing, we're allowing pretty much anyone who is willing to show up at 9 a.m. and work for slightly more than minimum wage to act as a Vessel of Christ," Pope Benedict XVI explained in a decree issued by the Vatican.
Jack Bog's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Here's a heck of a part-time job posting on Craigslist. Sub-minimum-wage pay, and they don't take any taxes out, so you may have to pay extra into Social Security. No fringe benefits, obviously. Sheesh, can they spare it'...
NathanNewman.org (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
As a followup to discussing why politicians need to appeal to a broad consensus, it's worth emphasizing that it's easier...
Workplace Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Another chapter in the law of unintended consequences: Colorado's decision to tie its minimum wage to inflation will result in a decrease in that rate in 2010. Targeting the minimum wage to inflation was spurred by concerns that minimum wage...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Labor officials in the U.S. state of Colorado have proposed lowering the state's minimum wage starting January 1, 2010 to track a decrease in the cost of living, highlighting the potential impact of falling prices on the economy.
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