Unintended consequences come with minimum wage and overtime exemption increases
On January 1, the state’s minimum wage and overtime exemption thresholds increased by more than nine percent. More specifically, the minimum wage was raised from $11 per hour to $12 […]
Read More →Question 4: Eliminating the Tip Credit Is Bad for Business
In the last few months, The Maine Wire has drawn attention to the dangers of Question 4, a proposal on the ballot this November to raise the minimum wage over […]
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Fuzzy Math In Push For Raising The Minimum Wage
As I watch the campaign to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour unfold, one question comes to mind: Why $12? My first thought was that the number had […]
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Don’t Increase the Minimum Wage
Proponents of a higher minimum wage, led by the Maine People’s Alliance, have gathered enough signatures to put their $12 minimum wage proposal on the ballot this November. The proposal, […]
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