Between Employer Wage Theft and Political Meddling, Florida's Minimum Wage Boost to $10 Is Struggling
Even Flagler County Commissioners Greg Hansen, left, and Dave Sullivan last week, during a commission meeting, spoke of the voter-approved constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour in ominous terms, at least in so far as it relates to restaurants. “They are concerned about offering benefits to their employees,” Hansen said, “one of the restateurs said it would be 51 percent of his intake, income, would go towards benefit packages for his his kids, and they just can’t do that.” Sullivan also spoke of the amendment as a “problem,” albeit with no evidence: â...