Tag: minimum wage
Can Rhode Island businesses afford to keep raising the minimum wage...
Since 2018, Rhode Island has raised its minimum wage seven times, totaling a 39% increase.
The state’s minimum wage will rise again on New Year’s...
Study effects of minimum wage hikes
The steady rise in Rhode Island’s minimum wage has put more money in the pockets of many entry-level workers, but at what cost?
Since 2018,...
New minimum wage has some bracing for impact
Gregory Stevens, owner and operator of Pat’s Italian Restaurants, remembers only a few years back when he paid his line cooks $15 an hour.
“And...
Bank of America to raise minimum wage to $25 for all...
PROVIDENCE – All Bank of America Corp. employees nationwide – including 2,120 in Rhode Island – will see their minimum hourly wage rise to...
AFL-CIO poll shows strong support for union, labor’s legislative agenda
PROVIDENCE – Registered voters across Rhode Island strongly support the state's unions and labor’s legislative agenda, according to poll results released by the AFL-CIO...
Do you support the hourly minimum wage hike in Rhode Island...
The hourly minimum wage in Rhode Island increases by $1, to $14, on Jan. 1 and moves to $15 in 2025.
The increases were approved...
Minimum wage hike among new laws Jan. 1
PROVIDENCE – A minimum wage hike and a ban on single-use plastic bags are among a host of new laws previously passed by the...
New year brings new laws
PROVIDENCE – A number of business-related laws previously passed by the General Assembly will take effect on Jan. 1.
Among them is a 75-cent raise...
Bank of America to raise minimum wage to $22 per hour
PROVIDENCE – Bank of America Corp. is upping its hourly minimum wage to $22 per hour, according to a news release.
The latest wage hikes,...
Santander increases minimum hourly wage to $20
PROVIDENCE – Santander Holdings USA Inc. has increased its minimum wage to $20 per hour, the company announced in a news release.
The wage hike,...
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