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Jan 02 2024
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Nebraska’s Minimum Wage Increases to $12.00/Hr in the New Year
As the clock stuck midnight on Monday, January 1st 2024, about 150,000 Nebraskans got a pay raise. In November 2022, Nebraska voters took to the voting booth, and approved the Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (Initiative 433). The citizen-initiated ballot measure would increase the state’s minimum wage to $15.00 by 2026. At the time, the minimum wage was $9.00 per hour in Nebraska, and had
KLINJan 31 2024
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A wage dispute led to hundreds of Durham Public Schools employees to call out from work
Durham Public Schools employees' anger over the elimination of pay raises for more than a thousand workers escalated Wednesday with an organized "sick out." Driving the news: Hundreds of workers, led by the Durham Association of Educators, called out sick from work on Wednesday so that they could protest the school system's handling of employee pay. • The "sick out" caused 11 schools
AxiosDec 28 2023
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341K MD Minimum Wage Workers To Get Pay Raise Jan. 1
The minimum wage in Maryland will increase to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, 2024, as the Fair Wage Act of 2023 takes effect, which was signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore on April 11. For companies that employ more than 15 people, this change wasn’t supposed to go into effect until January 1, 2025. However, under the legislation Moore signed, it takes effect next month. Effective Jan. 1, 2023, Maryland
Patch.comApr 29 2024
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What the FTC ban on noncompetes means for Seattle
A nationwide ban on noncompete agreements might not have as much of an impact in Seattle as other cities, a University of Washington employment expert says, noting there's a high percentage of tech and other workers who may make too much to be affected. Why it matters: Critics of the agreements say they stifle innovation and wage growth by restricting workers' ability to take new jobs that pay
AxiosJan 08 2024
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MN takes action against dairy company in major wage-theft case
Minnesota officials have announced what they call one of the largest wage theft lawsuits in state history. The case involves a dairy operator northwest of the Twin Cities. Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General, detailed the civil suit against Evergreen Acres Dairy in Stearns County on Monday. His office estimates that Evergreen owes its employees at least $3 million in unpaid wages. The
Minnesota Spokesman Reporter