June 1, 2012 4 Comments
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 pays $10,000. And this is where it gets interesting: the ...
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Read More »December 15, 2011 Comments Off on 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 Thursday by the Obama administration. The move would boost living ...
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Read More »March 29, 2011 Comments Off on 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 in 2013. The statement read, in part: “With less buying ...
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Read More »March 8, 2011 Comments Off on 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 lack of support among key legislative leaders. “Now is just ...
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Read More »March 6, 2011 Comments Off on 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. The bill, proposed by Senate Majority Leader Robert Garagiola, gradually ...
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Read More »January 18, 2011 6 Comments
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 they believe could slow job growth. The legislation would gradually ...
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Read More »October 13, 2010 Comments Off on 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 employees at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an ...
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