What’s New
Karen Corday July 28th, 2008
Work and Family News Headlines:
- Federal Minimum Wage Increases to $6.55
On July 24th, the federal minimum hourly wage rose from $5.85 to $6.55, the second of three annual increases required by a 2007 law. Next year’s increase will raise the minimum to $7.25 an hour. - Federal Government Trails 23 States on Minimum Wage
The Economic Policy Institute released a map that shows the states that mandate more than the federal minimum.
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Work and Family News from Around the Globe:
- Workers Willing to Trade Pay for Time
Adele Horin of Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald reports on a recent survey funded by the Australian Research Council and several Australian governments in which three-quarters of the men surveyed expressed a willingness to take a pay cut in order to work shorter hours. - Bank Discriminated on Grounds of Gender
Tim O’Brien of the Irish Times reports that the Bank of Ireland has been ordered to pay a former employee 30,000 pounds after she was not offered a part-time work or job-share option after going on adoptive leave.
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