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Lawmakers approved a wide-ranging series of bills during a legislative session on Friday afternoon, cementing a group health insurance agreement for V.I. government employees as well as the budget for

Chicago would be the largest American city to move on its own to abolish a subminimum wage for tipped workers under a deal reached Monday between Mayor Brandon Johnson’s allies in the City Council and the restaurant lobby. The new substitute ordinance, set to be introduced in a City Council committee this week, would mandate that Chicago businesses offer tipped workers the same minimum wage as ...

To show appreciation for community members who go above and beyond to support the success and welfare of Barrow County students and staff, Superintendent Dr. Chris McMichael started the Community

Mayor Johnson agrees to compromise on raising pay for tipped workers

A delegation of local leaders are headed back to Japan this week, looking to connect with Japanese manufacturing leaders and doing their part to secure continued industry investment here in

Impose stiff fines on restaurants that don’t pay the difference when their subminimum wage workers don’t make enough in tips to reach the $15.80 minimum wage, restaurant association chief suggests.

One year after some City Council members accepted a nearly 10% pay hike that roiled Chicago politics amid a citywide election, aldermen are slated to decide later this month whether to forgo another automatic raise tied to inflation. This time around, the salary bump would be far smaller: 2.24%, according to a memo from the city’s budget office obtained by the Chicago Tribune. City Council ...

TLMI Announces 2023 Scholarship Winners

FIU and GMCC today launched a survey of South Florida business owners and hiring decision-makers to identify and raise awareness of the challenges they face to meet current and future workforce needs.

A new survey of 315 Chicago restaurant owners shows phasing out the sub-minimum wage over two years would have dire consequences for customers and employees: