tag | minimum wage

October 21, 2021 | 3:00 PM

Higher wages, sick pay now attached to state grants, tax breaks

Companies benefiting from state incentives would have to pay workers $13.50 an hour, rising to $15 an hour in 2024.

By The Associated Press
May 3, 2021 | 4:53 PM

Pa. tipped wage workers rally behind Wolf’s proposed minimum wage hike

In Pennsylvania, the tipped minimum wage is $2.83 cents an hour, an amount set in 1998. As a part of his annual budget, Gov. Tom Wolf proposed raising the minimum wage for the seventh consecutive year.

By Laura Benshoff/WHYY
March 26, 2021 | 11:49 AM

‘Walk one day in our shoes’: Life near minimum wage

A juicy prime rib. A glossy art book. A few days off work without worrying about bills. These are the unreachable desires of some of America’s workers.

By Alina Selyukh/NPR

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March 11, 2021 | 4:10 PM

5 things to know about the minimum wage debate in Pa.

While Republican support for raising the minimum wage was already low, the pandemic makes it even less likely to change.

By Colin Deppen/Spotlight PA
February 26, 2021 | 7:31 AM

Senate can’t vote on $15 minimum wage, parliamentarian rules

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he is disappointed in the decision and pledged to pursue other legislation to increase the minimum wage.
By Kelsey Snell/NPR
February 25, 2021 | 5:44 PM

Monday’s Smart Talk examines the impact of a $15 minimum wage

By Scott LaMar
February 8, 2021 | 6:42 PM

$15 minimum wage would reduce poverty but cost jobs, CBO says

A phase-in of a $15 minimum wage would also lift some 900,000 out of poverty, according to the nonpartisan CBO. This higher federal minimum could raise wages for an additional 10 million workers who would otherwise make sightly above that wage rate, the study found.

By Alina Selyukh/NPR
February 6, 2021 | 9:57 AM

Biden doesn’t think $15 federal minimum wage hike will survive COVID-19 relief bill

President Biden said on Friday that his plan to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour is unlikely to happen as part of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package.

By Alana Wise/NPR
January 28, 2021 | 5:25 PM

Minimum wage, marijuana and pandemic recovery among Gov. Wolf’s not-so-new lawmaking priorities

The governor outlined more than a dozen legislative priorities ahead of his annual budget address next week.

By Sam Dunklau
September 30, 2020 | 5:38 AM

Poll: More Americans on both sides of the political spectrum want a higher minimum wage

The support for raising the federal minimum wage is higher than it was before the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
By Sam Dunklau
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