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Senate committee considers minimum wage increase
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate Finance Committee is considering a bill that would increase Maryland’s minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2015. The state’s current minimum wage is $7.25 […]
Obama minimum wage plan renews debate
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour and boost it annually to keep pace with inflation is already getting a trial run. […]
Measure would boost Md. minimum wage to $10 an hour
Two state lawmakers say raising Maryland’s minimum wage to $10 an hour will put millions of dollars into the economy and generate new jobs.
Rallying for raises
Cannery workers, bartenders in hole-in-the-wall taverns, employees of movie and drive-in theaters … know what they’ve got in common?
Minimum wage gap grows wider between states
OLYMPIA, Wash. — With a bump in the minimum wage to $9.19 an hour on Tuesday, high school student Miranda Olson will edge closer to her goal of purchasing that […]
Hey, must (not) be the money
Forget six figures. Apparently some law school graduates are just looking to get paid, period. Boston College Law School posted a job opening on the school’s online job bank that […]
Plan would lift wages of home health care workers
WASHINGTON — Workers in the home health care industry — one of the country’s fastest growing professions — would be guaranteed minimum wage and overtime protections under new rules proposed […]
Md. business coalition backs minimum wage hike
Four dozen business owners and executives signed on to a petition Tuesday urging the passage of legislation in Annapolis that would bump the state’s minimum wage to $9.75 an hour […]
Legislative leaders cool to minimum wage raise
ANNAPOLIS – Bills that would raise Maryland‘s minimum wage to $9.75 an hour by 2013 enjoy the support of many liberal lawmakers, but appear destined to fail this year for […]
Garagiola seeking to raise minimum wage
ANNAPOLIS — A proposal to increase Maryland‘s minimum wage was both applauded and condemned in front of the Senate Finance Committee by economists, business owners, lobbyists and employees last week. […]
Bill to raise Maryland’s minimum wage faces opposition
ANNAPOLIS — A proposal to spark consumer spending by bumping the minimum wage to $10 an hour faces opposition from conservative lawmakers and legislative leaders loath to take any action […]
Wage and hour statutes can be a minefield
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is an employment law that many health care employers learn about the hard way. The FLSA requires all employers to pay all non-exempt […]
