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Calls continue for an increase in pay for Direct Service Professionals in Illinois

The Courier - Lincoln 13 May 2024

Due to higher turnover rates and vacancies, state legislators and Direct Service Professionals are asking for $3.00 rate wage increase. The call for a rate increase comes after a $2.50 wage increase for the workers in Fiscal Year 2024.

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Prepared to Confront Legal Action from Estate Companies over Estate Workers’ Wage Hike – Minister ...

Sri Lanka News 13 May 2024

He emphasized that the companies have the ability to increase the wages of estate workers ... Additionally, the government is prepared to confront any legal challenges from estate companies contesting the wage increase for plantation workers.

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Missouri voters to decide on higher wages, paid sick leave

People's World 13 May 2024

“Minimum wage increases go right back into the economy as spending at local businesses,” the group said in a statement ... Louis, said “raising the minimum wage will increase people’s ability to shop at our business and local businesses across Missouri.

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Michigan farmers squeezed by wage hikes under migrant worker program

Detroit news 13 May 2024

“Our short-term ask to Congress is just to pause the wage rate increase,” said John Kran, national legislative counsel for the Michigan Farm Bureau ... Private sector wages have increased by about $10, while the AEWR has risen by about $8.50.

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DoLE chief hit for opposing legislated pay hike

The Manila Times 13 May 2024

TWO of the country's biggest labor federations criticized Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma's position that salary increases should be left to the regional wage boards to decide to balance the interests of employers and workers better.

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KU graduate teaching assistants’ demands for nearly 10% raise rejected; KU moves to impose new contract

Lawrence Journal World 13 May 2024

The GTA union has not agreed to the wage increase, but ... In past negotiations, KU administrators have taken the position that the GTA pay increase should be in line with KU’s general wage increase.

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The youth employment opportunity certificate will empower jobless South Africans

Independent online (SA) 13 May 2024

Depending on a country’s market structure, introducing wage regulations may positively impact employment ... They often operate on tight margins and struggle to navigate increasingly complex and burdensome labour regulations.

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Tempe braces for lawsuit after passing prevailing wage policy for contractors

Azcentral 13 May 2024

The ordinance is called a “prevailing wage” policy ... The prevailing wage cost increase would affect Tempe's project budget, which is a separate account that only can be used to fund public infrastructure projects ... “I believe in fair wages for all.

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Holmes County job survey puts local wages above Ohio median in several areas

The Daily Record - Wooster 13 May 2024

US workers now fear losing jobs, lower wages due to AI ... Economic Development Director Mark Leininger said the survey addressed wage and compensation, and compared the results to other counties throughout the state and country.

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Philippine domestic helpers should be paid minimum wage: ambassador

Korea Times 13 May 2024

Equal labor standards and Korea's minimum wage should be the bare minimum for Philippine domestic workers who will begin working in Seoul later this year, Philippine Ambassador to Korea Maria Theresa B.

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Wage rises in past year ‘have matched growth since 2008’

The Times/The Sunday Times 13 May 2024

According to the Resolution Foundation, wages in real terms rose by 2.1 per cent over the year to February, the same degree of increase recorded between 2008 and last year ... Why the rising minimum wage ...

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Raises for all Maury County school employees moves forward with board approval

Columbia Daily Herald 13 May 2024

Another motion was introduced to approve instead a 2.5% increase or a 50 cent ... The full school operational budget as well as wage increase proposals will go to the county commission for approval.

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Picketing: Labour Urges FG to Cancel Power Sector Privatisation

This Day 13 May 2024

Unlike business people, wage earning workers ... “The stagnancy in wage amidst increases in electricity and refined petroleum products push workers over and beyond the limits of sanity and survival.

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Real UK wages rise as output per worker falls

AOL 13 May 2024

According to the Resolution Foundation, falling pension costs and import prices have temporarily severed the link between productivity and wage growth in the UK, allowing real wages to rise without putting further pressure on inflation.

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