Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2023-01-23/livable-wages-working-families/as-other-states-see-pay-hikes-pa-minimum-wage-stuck-at-7-25/a82377-1 January 23, 2023 – Danielle Smith, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Low-wage workers in Pennsylvania are missing out on the pay hikes in 23 other states that took effect this month, when those … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to enable the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which would ban sex-based discrimination in our Constitution. Discrimination based on sex takes many forms―and … Continued
HARRISBURG – The Keystone Research Center released a new study today outlining the demographics of the over two million workers across the state who would see their wages raised if Pennsylvania would raise its minimum wage to $15/hour by the … Continued
Posted at https://www.epi.org/blog/seven-facts-about-tipped-workers-and-the-tipped-minimum-wage/ Posted May 31, 2018 at 4:40 pm by Elise Gould and David Cooper As debate continues on a referendum to raise the tipped minimum wage in Washington, D.C., to the minimum wage for nearly all other workers, we wanted to take … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-04-16/livable-wages-working-families/report-calls-for-big-boost-in-minimum-wage/a62200-1 April 16, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Many workers who depend on tips say they experience increased levels of sexual harassment. (Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new report calls … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In December, Donald Trump’s Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced a proposed rule, which would allow restaurant owners to pocket the tips of millions of tipped workers. EPI estimates that the new rule would result … Continued
From National Employment Law Project (http://www.nelp.org/(: Congratulations. If you were among the hundreds of thousands of people who submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Labor on its proposal to let employers take workers’ tips, your voice has been heard … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): This week it was reported that the Department of Labor (DOL) hid their economic analysis on the impact of proposed changes to rules affecting tipped workers. DOL’s revised rule would allow employers to “pool” … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/12/19/stealing-tips/#.WjlsnFWnEdU By David Elliot December 19, 2017 Advocates for restaurant employees and other tipped workers are speaking out against a proposed rule that would make tips the property of employers, a proposal which opponents fear would lead to significantly … Continued