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Updated May 06, 2021;
By Katie Lannan | State House News Service
A little over a month after Gov. Charlie Baker signed a law shoring up the unemployment system and reducing the premium increases facing employers to fund jobless benefits, lawmakers and administration officials are once again looking for a way to provide businesses relief from spiking costs.
The law Baker signed on April 1 authorized $7 billion in borrowing to stabilize the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund, strained by a flood of joblessness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and limited the average rate hike to 18.5 percent instead of the nearly 60 percent increase employers would otherwise have to pay.
PROVIDENCE Rhode Island s minimum wage would rise from $11.50 an hour today to $15 an hour by Jan. 1, 2025, under legislation approved by the House on Thursday.
The final vote was 57-to-16 after a debate in which the House Republican Leader Blake Filippi who voted nay acknowledged he cannot imagine how anyone can survive on the current $11.50 an hour. But I also know this will hurt businesses, he said, blaming federal monetary policy that creates money out of thin air, gives it to rich people and drives up the price of everything.
The counter-argument from House Majority Leader Christopher Blazejewski: Putting Rhode Islanders on a path to a $15 hour minimum is good for workers. It s good for families and it s good for our economy.
Key. Finding places to improve benefits can help ease the shortage
The no-shows are just one symptom of a broader crisis in the restaurant industry: an acute shortage of employees. It’s currently ripping through every parcel of the sector, from quick-service chains to high-end establishments. One big piece of proof: There were 12.5 million total restaurant workers nationwide at the end of 2020, down at least -16.6% from the normal 15 million, according to The National Restaurant Association.
While many other industries also struggle to fill staffing gaps, the shortage is notable in restaurants. For one, unlike, say groceries or some big-box retailers, the pandemic crushed the industry, particularly in tourism-dependent spots like Florida. Also, outside a core group of restaurant lifers people like Castellani finding and keeping good people in the business has always been a challenge. The unsurprising result? Customers are waiting longer to get a table or be served food, place
Virginia’s minimum wage increased for the first time in about 12 years from the federally mandated minimum of $7.25 to $9.50 an hour Saturday, and employers are bracing for another increase to $11 an hour Jan. 1.