Austin's City Council is scheduled to debate a resolution would put a minimum wage hike on the list of Austin's lobbying priorities during the next state legislative session. An actual hike in the city's current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour for all employers could be far off. The minimum wage is set at the national level, though federal law permits states to pass legislation pushing the rate higher than the federal minimum. In Texas, the federal minimum wage is the rule, and the Texas Labor Code…
Reported by bizjournals 41 minutes ago.
↧