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She also reiterated a call to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers, a proposal Trump made first.
September 9 -
Nearly half the states are increasing their minimum wages this year, boosting the pay of an estimated 9.9 million workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
January 3 -
Senate Democrats are jettisoning a proposal to penalize corporations that don’t raise the minimum wage for their lowest-paid workers in an effort to keep President Biden’s broader stimulus plan on track.
March 1 -
A fresh initiative in the U.S. Senate to put a tax penalty on big companies as a way of forcing higher minimum wages prompted a skeptical reaction among economists including a top adviser to former President Barack Obama.
February 27 -
Two Senate committee chiefs are looking at ways to raise taxes on companies paying workers less than $15 an hour, as part of a new strategy to include President Joe Biden’s push to boost the minimum wage to that level in his COVID-19 aid bill.
February 26 -
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is weighing adding a provision to the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan that would put a penalty tax on big companies that don’t pay workers at least $15 an hour, a Democratic aide said on condition of anonymity.
February 26 -
Weekly earnings at small businesses continued to increase in January, while job growth went up only slightly.
February 4 -
All but the smallest firms have to follow the same rules as giant corporations.
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Wage growth and hours worked climbed at small businesses in July, although the rate of job growth dipped slightly, according to Paychex.
July 30 -
The legislation would gradually raise the minimum wage by 2025 from its current level of $7.25 but is unlikely to advance in the Senate.
July 18