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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? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Entrepreneur October 2006 Chris Penttila |
Raising the Minimum Wage Will a higher minimum wage hurt entrepreneurs? Many say no. |
BusinessWeek February 19, 2007 Max B. Sawicky |
Minimum Wage, Maximum Pork Tax breaks could just as easily benefit business owners not affected by the minimum wage increase. |
Entrepreneur October 2001 C.J. Prince |
Pay Up When the minimum wage rises, will small businesses get the downside? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Job Journal February 4, 2007 Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: 2007 -- a Turnaround Year Predictions of an improving climate for workers and job-seekers. |
Entrepreneur September 2007 Jane Easter Bahls |
Fair Pay Think interns mean free labor? Think again. |
Job Journal July 2, 2006 Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: Before Starting a New Job How to prepare for starting that new job. |
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? |
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. |
BusinessWeek September 24, 2009 Peter Coy |
Why Paychecks Could Shrink High unemployment and low inflation may lead to a decline in pay -- and that could slow the recovery. |
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. |
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 December 9, 2007 |
Jobwire Service providers lead November hiring... Best positions for introverts... Holiday shopping at work increasing... On the job front... Latest hirings & firings... |
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 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. |
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. |
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... |
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. |
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... |
Entrepreneur August 2007 Carol Tice |
Gimme a Tax Break Tax breaks ease the burden of the minimum-wage hike for business owners. |
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. |
BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 James Mehring |
Wages: A Misleading Predictor Of Inflation Numbers show that wage growth is slowing, an indication of no wage-driven inflationary pressures. However, those data may be giving the markets and the Federal Reserve a false sense of security. |
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... |
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. |
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. |
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? |
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 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. |
InternetNews May 5, 2006 Paul Shread |
Stocks Jump on Jobs Report The Dow moved within striking distance of its January 2000 all-time high... eBay fell after an analyst meeting... Activision and Axcelis surged on their results... etc. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2006 Nick Kapur |
7 Stock Shakers The elections took center stage this week, and investors may feel the effects for quite a while. 1. Abundant blues don't rock blue chips... 2. Oil's down, but not for the count... 3. How will the corporate sweethearts of the GOP fare?... etc. |
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. |
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... |
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Inflation Fears Are Unfounded The Fed will have plenty of time to reverse its huge stimulus, as unused labor and production capacity prevent price pressures from building. |
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... |
Financial Advisor October 2011 Evan Simonoff |
Channeling The '70s People adapt, businesses evolve and the U.S. economy is difficult to hold down for a long time. |
BusinessWeek October 8, 2009 Peter Coy |
The Lost Generation The continuing job crisis is hitting young people especially hard - damaging both their future and the economy. |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
You May Owe More Money Soon Watch out -- credit card minimum payments are on the rise. |
Job Journal December 10, 2006 |
Jobwire November job growth surprising... Afraid to ask for a raise?... U.S. Employers discriminating across the border?... Corporations are more gay friendly... Democrats get union wish list... Stressed? Don't blame your boss... On the job front... |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
You Don't Need Much to Start Foiled by mutual funds' minimum investments? You may have better options. |
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. |