Apparently in response to the federal government giving $600 bonuses to workers laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Idaho has decided to ‘see that bet and raise it’ to $1500 in order to wean the unemployed off the $600 bonus with a $1500 one. Idaho Governor Brad Little has announced the…
Read More »Speaking of minimum wage increase proposals, advocates in two states are aiming to put a minimum wage increase question on the ballot for voters to decide. First, in Florida, attorney John Morgan, who has been spearheading an effort to increase the state minimum wage (currently $8.46/hour), claimed this week that he had collected over a…
Read More »With the turn of the calendar on Monday, a number of states will see changes in various state laws and we want to ensure that you are aware. We provide additional details on those changes in this entry, but to clarify who should look further, changes will become effective on or around July 1st in…
Read More »The Idaho Secretary of State has given his approval to an initiative amending the current state minimum wage law and establishing a four-year formula to increase the wage and subsequently tie it to the federal consumer price index (CPI) for specific items. Under the proposal, the current minimum wage of $7.25 would be increased annually…
Read More »We thought it was resolved for good back in December with the NLRB decision in the Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors case, but the Inspector General’s report on that vote and Bill Emanuel’s participation in it changed that outcome. Now comes a request from the Competitive Enterprise Institute that the same Office of the Inspector General investigate…
Read More »The state of Idaho became the latest to prohibit the imposition of local minimum wages a bill prohibiting political subdivisions from setting minimum wages above the state minimum become law without the signature of Governor Butch Otter. The Governor’s staff explained that he didn’t sign or veto the legislation because he was “conflicted” about whether…
Read More »The minimum wage issue surfaced in both Ohio and Idaho this past week, but in far less extremes than on either coast. Voters in the small resort town of McCall, Idaho rejected a ballot question increasing the minimum wage to $10.25 an hour. Although a small town, the McCall vote was perceived as an important…
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