It will increase from $14.15 to $14.65 as contributions to the state’s new paid family and medical leave program also kick in.
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Portland referendum could scale back city’s hazard pay ordinance
MaineHealth, the city’s biggest employer, has donated $25,000 to support efforts to change the rule requiring employers to pay workers at least 1.5 times the minimum wage during states of emergency.
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Maine employers face heftier fines for labor law violations
The state Department of Labor hopes a new rule that went into effect Thursday will end a pattern of small fines and few collections of penalties.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: A federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is poverty pay. It’s time to raise it.
It’s hard to imagine how an adult can pay for housing, food, health care and transportation on a full-time minimum wage salary of $15,000 a year.
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From the Chamber: Looking back and forward at the tip credit
Since we just passed Labor Day weekend, I wanted to tackle one of the business issues that I’m most passionate about: the tip credit. The tip credit is what guarantees that tipped workers, such as restaurant servers and bartenders, make at least their hourly wage for the hours they work but also gives them the […]
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Some disabled workers in the U.S. make pennies per hour. It’s legal.
Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers can legally pay disabled workers subminimum wages. Many workers never move to higher-paying jobs.
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Portland wage proposals shot down, won’t be on November ballot
The City Council sent the measures – one to increase the minimum to $20 an hour and the other eliminate the tip credit – to committee, meaning the initiatives won’t go before voters this fall.
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Portland council unanimously approves new restrictions on short-term rentals
The City Council also voted to support a new 6-story, 110-unit affordable housing project on East Oxford Street.
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Portland City Council to consider $20 minimum wage ballot proposal
Councilors will decide Monday whether to put 3 wage-related referendum questions on the Nov. 5 ballot, including a proposal that critics say would essentially eliminate tipping.
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Restaurant workers’ battle for higher minimum wage goes national
At least four states are set to vote on measures to make restaurants pay servers a minimum wage regardless of how much they earn in tips.