New Orleans Living in the southern and western states in the United States, sometimes it seems we just can’t catch a break. Back to back analyses of critical income factors in the papers spell trouble on multiple fronts. Walk with me on this a while. More people are leaving a majority of the largest metropolitan …
Tag: wages
Minimum Wage Gaps Growing
New Orleans There are twenty-one states where workers are still frozen at something equivalent to the federal minimum wage at $7.25. Those states are disproportionately better “red than fed” in the South and West with a smattering in the Midwest and even the Northeast. I’m not saying there are any surprises here, but the …
Want More Overtime? Raise Pay in the South and in Retail!
Little Rock The Department of Labor has issued its revised rulemaking proposal on overtime eligibility for nonexempt workers. A federal judge in Texas had halted the Obama administration’s efforts to move the number from $23,660 to double that amount at $47,476 annually. Instead, the current proposal would move the number to $35,308 based on 2017 …