Panthers weigh pros and cons of raising minimum wage
Some students think minimum wage isn’t enough, but an economics professor thinks otherwise.
Some students think minimum wage isn’t enough, but an economics professor thinks otherwise.
“What the state legislature provided was two types of increases: An across-the-board $1,400 increase for anyone who makes $40,000 or less, or $1,000 if one earns more than $40,000,” said Cuesta-Gomez, director of Employee and Labor Relations. “The other is a bonus that’s [going] to be paid in June 2014 and that is a merit bonus.“
Cynthia Hernandez, a senior research associate at the Center for Labor and Research, always asks her students if they have been victims of wage theft. She said at least a dozen students raise their hands in each class.
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