Minimum Wage Bumped Up In 2015
People were working for minimum wage in Florida will get a bump in the new year.
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People were working for minimum wage in Florida will get a bump in the new year.
People were working for minimum wage in the state will get a bump in the new year.
Florida's lowest-paid workers will get a raise Jan. 1, but a higher minimum wage sought by state and national Democrats doesn't appear on the immediate legislative horizon.
Election Day less than a week away, so CBS4 News has teamed up with PolitiFact Florida to fact-check the statements made by both major gubernatorial candidates.
After the idea died during the 2014 legislative session, a state legislator from Miami has said he'll try again to have the state's minimum wage raised to $10.10 an hour.
Vice President Joe Biden will join former Governor Charlie Crist for campaign appearances Monday at Broward College's Coconut Creek campus and a Boca Raton synagogue.
The fastest growing segment of the electorate has made its voice heard in the Florida governor's race.
Raise the minimum wage and banning discrimination of gay and transgendered employees would be some of the first things Charlie Crist would do if he's elected governor this November.
Not many political issues enjoy a broad base of bipartisan support, but one such issue in the state of Florida is raising the minimum wage.
Florida voters overwhelmingly support an increase in the state's minimum wage, according to a Quinnipiac University poll that was released Thursday.
Minimum wage workers have something to smile about in the New Year, a pay increase. The increase will benefit an estimated 416,000 low-wage workers in Florida, boosting their pay rate by 14 cents an hour.
Minimum wage workers have something to be happy about for the New Year.
When the clock strikes midnight to ring in the new year, it will also ring in an increase for Florida and a dozen other states. On January 1st, 2014 Florida's minimum wage will increase by 14 cents to $7.93 per hour, benefiting an estimated 416,000 low-wage workers in the state.
Broward County commissioner Marty Kiar and state Senator Dwight Bullard talk to Jim DeFede about what they experienced and learned after living on minimum wage for a week. Both politicians are hoping to highlight the need for an increase in minimum wage, which is currently $7.79 an hour.
A Florida House committee approved a bill Thursday that would prevent local governments and voters from setting local minimum wages, setting policies on items like earned sick leave, and bar preference for local government contracts based on wages or compensation.
Senator Marco Rubio cast a controversial vote against the Violence Against Women Act Tuesday and followed that on Wednesday by telling CBS This Morning he doesn't support having a minimum wage law.
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The new year will ring in a new raise for Florida workers who make minimum wage.
As you recover from that New-Year's hangover, you can think about some of the new state laws that take effect with the new year. Everything from how much some people make, to the unemployment people get, and even to the tattoos they might consider are covered by new state laws.
Florida officials announced Monday that Florida's minimum wage will be rising by 36 cents to $7.67 per hour starting January 1.
If you get paid the minimum wage in Florida, you're getting a raise starting Wednesday, June 1.
If you get paid the minimum wage in Florida, you're about to get a raise.
The U.S. Department of Labor reported that the department is continuing its Fair Labor Standards Act initiative in Florida focused on restaurants that may be underpaying its workers and failing to properly pay them when they work more than 40 hours in a workweek.
The state of Florida will have to increase the state's minimum wage to $7.31 on June 1 after a judge in Leon County found the state miscalculated the rate.
A bill that would change the way the state calculates its minimum wage is ready go to the full Senate, after approval Tuesday by the Budget Committee.
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The message, aired on Channel 4 on Christmas Day, reflected on the impact of President Trump's second term in office thus far.
About two dozen protesters gathered outside an immigration detention facility in Broward County on Christmas Day, holding a vigil under the slogan, "Injustice doesn't take a holiday. Neither does resistance."
A Miami woman is spending Christmas behind bars after allegedly breaking into an apartment complex.
This is the 15th year the Greater Miami Jewish Federation has volunteered to help out.
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The message, aired on Channel 4 on Christmas Day, reflected on the impact of President Trump's second term in office thus far.
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The strikes come after President Trump spent weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians.
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Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
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Feeding America's CEO said the organization is "incredibly grateful" for Taylor Swift's large donation.
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