Low-income and hourly-waged women—and, frankly, anyone who doesn’t work at a progressive tech company—are potentially one miscarriage or complicated pregnancy away from losing their job. Nicole Lapin, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021 Zapolin explained that ketamine clinics are currently limited to low-dose lozenges that have to take them hourly. Benjamin Adams, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021 Employees working hourly will get paid time-and-a-half. Keira Wingate, USA TODAY, 18 June 2021 The burrito chain plans to reach that compensation level by the end of June and will set hourly starting wages at $11 to $18 an hour, according to a statement Monday.Fortune, 10 May 2021 Their proposal would raise the federal minimum gradually to $15 hourly by 2025, well above the $7.25 floor in place since 2009. Alan Fram, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021 In every corner of the world, new beauty products crawl off production lines and out of Crock-Pots hourly, clamoring for human eyes and wallets and cheekbones. Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 23 Feb. 2021 The House bill would also hoist the federal minimum wage to $15 hourly by 2025, more than doubling the current $7.25 floor that’s been in effect since 2019. Alan Fram, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2021 The measure would gradually lift that minimum to $15 hourly by 2025, doubling the current $7.25 floor in effect since 2009. Alan Fram, Chron, 27 Feb. 2021
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Workers in low-wage jobs are defined as people earning up to $17 per hour in hourly wages, or up to $35,360 per year in annual wages. Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 28 July 2022 Many therapists set aside appointment slots for patients who can’t afford the full hourly rate. Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 4 July 2022 What likely helps is the 22% service charge tacked onto your bill, which the menu explains goes toward high hourly wages, health insurance and a 401k for employees. Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2022 At Mayfield Consumer Products, for example – the candle factory that attracted national scrutiny after nine workers died when the complex was struck by the tornado – hourly wages started at $8. Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2022 On average, corrected for inflation, workers experienced a 2.4% drop in the purchasing power of their hourly wages. William A. Galston, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2022 Illinois law requires an overtime premium of 150% of regularly hourly wages above 40 hours worked in a week, which the LAM employees allegedly did not fully receive. Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2021 In the same month, hourly earnings bumped up 0.5% from June, with wages rising 5.2% annually. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Economists say the employment cost index is a more accurate indicator of where wages are headed than the jobs report’s hourly earnings data, which is released once a month instead of quarterly. Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 31 July 2022 See More