Tag: minimum wage
Budget office: $15 wage would reduce poverty, increase debt and joblessness
WASHINGTON (AP) – Increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour would reduce the number of Americans living in poverty and boost wages for...
Pandemic’s effects will dominate 2021 General Assembly session
The landscape has changed dramatically, literally and figuratively, for state lawmakers for what is shaping up to be among the most consequential General Assembly...
Report: Essential workers continue to struggle to make ends meet
PROVIDENCE – Many of Rhode Island's families were already living from one paycheck to the next prior to the pandemic taking over the economy...
R.I. minimum wage to go up by $1, rising to $11.50
PROVIDENCE (AP) – The Rhode Island minimum wage will increase by $1 this week rising to $11.50 per hour.
The pay raise approved earlier this...
Raimondo signs $1-an-hour minimum-wage increase
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on March 10 signed legislation increasing the minimum wage to $11.50 an hour starting Oct. 1.
The signing took...
Raimondo signs $1-an-hour minimum-wage increase
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Tuesday signed legislation increasing the minimum wage to $11.50 an hour starting Oct. 1.
The signing took place...
Budget deficit, lottery contract, minimum wage among controversial issues facing General...
As Rhode Island lawmakers return for the 2020 legislative session on Jan. 7, some of the most pressing questions they’re expected to face this...
Mass. minimum wage set to increase on New Year’s Day
BOSTON (AP) – Lower-paid workers in Massachusetts are looking forward to a small hike in the state's minimum wage, but not all businesses are...
IGT, governor contest depiction of proposed contract
PROVIDENCE – In response to continuing questions surrounding the proposed extension of International Game Technology PLC’s contract with the state to supply technology and...
Opinion: Legislative inaction on wages hurts R.I. workers, businesses
Despite solid proposals to raise the state’s lowest wage, Rhode Island’s state budget looks set to take effect without even a modest increase. Gov....
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