Wage Increases

Wednesday, 24 April 2024

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UK economy stages remarkable recovery post-recession

Cryptopolitan 25 Apr 2024

However, they’re also feeling the heat from rising costs, the biggest of which come from a huge increase in staff wages following a nearly 10% rise in the minimum wage that started in April.

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One-off payouts drive UK dividends to £15.6bn in the first quarter - but growth likely ...

The Daily Mail 25 Apr 2024

Headline figures show dividends rose 4.9 per cent to £15.6billion in the first quarter of 2024, with 95 per cent of payers either increasing or holding dividends steady, according to Computershare’s Dividend Monitor.

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Letters: Gaza war crimes | MAGA in Congress | Mental health

East Bay Times 25 Apr 2024

Increased funding for counseling services guarantees access to professional support, fostering a safe and supportive environment for students to seek help.

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Connecticut House votes to expand state's paid sick leave requirement for all employers by 2027

San Francisco Chronicle 25 Apr 2024

The bill attempts to guarantee time off for people left out of the old law, including many low-wage and part-time workers ...

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CT paid sick leave expansion passes House; heads to Senate next

The CT Mirror 25 Apr 2024

“Ten years ago, Connecticut was the laughingstock, the butt of every joke in the country — some of the worst economic policies going, massive tax increases, massive employer mandates,” said Rep.

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Female barristers have biggest pay gap two years after qualifying

The Times/The Sunday Times 25 Apr 2024

But the pay gap in the law is not just blighting female senior associates and junior partners in the Square Mile ... UK. Law. Related articles. ANALYSIS ... April 13 2024, 6.00pm ... and ... City pay rise highlights wage gap ... Sponsored. .

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Explainer: Where Japanese yen to go after hitting 34-year low

Xinhua 25 Apr 2024

In fact, pay rise in Japan has failed to keep pace with the soaring prices, while real wage income has declined year-on-year for 23 consecutive months ... to a continuous increase in demand for the U.S.

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Remarks by President Biden at the North America’s Building Trades Unions National Legislative Conference

The White House 25 Apr 2024

Folks, I’m making Davis-Bacon requirements stronger to guarantee prevailing wage ... (Applause.) That will — (applause) — that alone will increase wages for more than a million construction workers ... (Applause.) We increased it.

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High demand is pushing hospitals past their limits, say Southeastern Mass. hospital CEOs

Taunton Daily Gazette 25 Apr 2024

Sharp increases in patient demand pushing hospital capacity to its limits emerged as a common theme affecting providers as senators placed a magnifying glass on the state of health care in southeastern Massachusetts.

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The US Is no longer the arsenal of democracy

Asiatimes 25 Apr 2024

Many economists still support it ... Presidents push tariff increases and industrial policy instead ... The U.S ... China’s endless supply of disciplined, low-wage workers and generous government subsidies made it the world’s preferred factory floor.

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Watsonville City Council OKs Urban Forestry Management Plan

Santa Cruz Sentinel 25 Apr 2024

WATSONVILLE — As Watsonville seeks to significantly increase its tree canopy over the next 20 years, the City Council took a major step by adopting the city’s Urban Forestry Management Plan at its Tuesday meeting.

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'Abhorrent': Laid-off worker sues Foxtrot and Dom's Kitchen after all locations shutter

Usatoday 25 Apr 2024

Moore hopes to help other laid off workers with the suit, proposing that all former Outfox Hospitality employees should receive 60 days' worth of “unpaid wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, accrued ...

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Overcrowding, drug abuse in prisons 'getting worse' - POA

RTE 25 Apr 2024

The President of the Association has also said that there has been a 25% increase in prisoners in custody over the past five years with levels of overcrowding at unsafe and unacceptable levels.

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Scottish businesses going bust at highest rate in over a decade

The Times/The Sunday Times 25 Apr 2024

The data for Scotland also showed an increase last year in personal insolvency numbers, relating to bankruptcies and protected trust deeds.

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Israel's security hinges on 2-state solution: German president

Anadolu Agency 25 Apr 2024

On Germany's continued arms exports to Israel as it wages its onslaught, which has killed over 34,000 Palestinians so far, he held that this support did not "contribute to genocide" and that Berlin ...