Auburn University will increase its minimum wage to $14.50 an hour for full-time workers and says the change will affect more than 200 employees.
On January 1, thousands of workers in California will receive a pay raise. But not everyone is happy about it. California is one of 18 states that will increase minimum wage for the new year. The increases start on December 31, when New York state law goes into effect. According to the New York State Department of Labor, minimum wage in New York City will…
The Alabama NAACP, low wage workers and advocates are suing the state’s governor and attorney general over a law that blocked a planned minimum wage increase in Birmingham. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court Thursday and lists Gov. Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange as defendants. Bentley in February signed a law requiring a uniform minimum wage…
The Alabama House of Representatives has approved a bill to block cities from setting local minimum wages and to roll back Birmingham’s planned increase to $10.10 per hour. Legislators approved the GOP-backed bill Tuesday night on a 71-31 vote after cutting off a filibuster by House Democrats. The bill now moves to the Alabama Senate. Alabama has no state minimum…
The Alabama House of Representatives is expected to discuss proposed legislation that would prevent cities from setting local minimum wages. Lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon are expected to debate the bill filed by Republican Rep. David Faulkner of Mountain Brook. The Republican-backed bill is on the legislative fast track as Birmingham seeks to expedite a minimum wage increase approved last year…
The University of Alabama at Birmingham and its affiliated hospital system are planning to raise the hourly minimum wage for employees next month. UAB officials said in a statement Monday that the hourly minimum wage will rise to $11 starting with the pay period beginning on March 20. UAB officials say more than 1,100 employees will see the change reflected…
