The New Jersey manufacturing industry cannot find enough skilled labor to fill jobs – which is ironic since the state’s unemployment rate continues to lag the national jobless average. That problem has drawn the attention of state lawmakers, and they’ve Read More
A Central Jersey bank with 24 branches is boosting the minimum pay for its workers to $15 an hour. … of $1,000, it said in a statement, becoming at least fourth New Jersey bank to give its workers extra money. Read More
Our good friend and yours Frank Luna is back again this week, Save Jerseyans, opining from the Swamps of Jersey on both the #SchumerShutdown and some good news from Starbucks… Watch: – –
As the union-backed “Fight for $15” movement has sought to enact mandatory minimum-wage increases in states and localities across the country, tax reform seems to have spurred wage growth using a different approach. … loses their job,” Americans for Tax Read More
A new year on Monday will bring a slight increase in New Jersey’s minimum wage. The rate will climb 16 cents to $8.60 an hour. That hike will bump up annual wages for the state’s estimated 300,000 minimum wage workers Read More
Bergen County has become the first of New Jersey’s 21 counties to adopt a $ 15 minimum wage for its full-time workers. ” County employees who put in 40 hours or more every week, in service …
The renewed push to increase New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 per hour holds dire consequences for our state’s workforce, Save Jerseyans, but it’s very good news for… robots. Wherever the minimum wage goes up? Machines are replacing human workers Read More
TRENTON — New Jersey’s minimum wage will rise 16 cents next year to $8.60 an hour, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. The minor increase in the state’s minimum wage is driven by a bump in the Read More
