minimum wage
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PublishedDecember 23, 2020
School board agrees to offer hazard pay during pandemic
About 100 Portland Public Schools employees would see their pay rate bumped up to $18 per hour.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2020
Commentary: I’m young and Black. Barack Obama is not my hero
His politics have always been those of a cautious centrist.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
Otto pizza raising prices at Portland locations to offset hazard pay increase
The company says the temporary increase will help it cope with the new minimum emergency wage of $18 an hour passed by Portland voters in November.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Some employers plan to pay Portland’s new hazard wage
City Hall has said it will not enforce a new $18 emergency minimum wage until 2022, but businesses fear a delay would leave them open to lawsuits.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2020
Employers warned that Portland’s stance on hazard pay could expose them to lawsuits
Labor lawyers and the Chamber of Commerce say the city's position that time-and-a-half pay during emergencies won't take effect until 2022 might trigger challenges.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2020
Another View: Big Tech gets a roadmap on how to write its own labor laws
A just-approved California measure should spur other states to weigh how to protect gig workers without sacrificing the flexibility they want.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2020
City questioning whether new minimum wage takes effect in December as expected
The confusion about whether it takes effect next month or in January 2022 stems from the wording of the ordinance.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2020
Portland chamber says minimum wage increase could devastate businesses
Proponents say the increase to $15 by 2024 will help women and people of color, but many employers are concerned that a hazard pay provision requiring time-and-a-half pay during a declared emergency will put them out of business.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2020
Maine Voices: Overtime abuses fuel a race to the bottom
Employers can be competitive without exploiting their workforce, a local businessman writes.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2020
Maine Voices: UMaine System student workers are not a commodity – they are an investment
By blocking the student workforce from receiving minimum-wage hikes, the system favors its bottom line over its mission.
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