Advertise with Googlier.com Wage | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:09:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg Wage | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Deputy Secretary of Labor offers suggestions on Arizona wage, job growth https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/03/26/deputy-secretary-of-labor-offers-suggestions-on-arizona-wage-job-growth/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/03/26/deputy-secretary-of-labor-offers-suggestions-on-arizona-wage-job-growth/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:56:17 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=83802 Creating a pipeline of skilled workers and diversifying the economy will help Arizona keep lowering unemployment rates and increasing wages, according to a federal labor department official.

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]]> Chris Lu, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, made a stop in Phoenix March 26. (Photo by Rachel Leingang/Arizona Capitol Times) Creating a pipeline...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/08/15/study-chances-of-climbing-the-economic-ladder-are-mixed-in-state/feed/ 0 62200 Minimum wage increase will help Arizona’s working families https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/30/minimum-wage-increase-will-help-arizona%e2%80%99s-working-families/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/30/minimum-wage-increase-will-help-arizona%e2%80%99s-working-families/#respond Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:05:32 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2012/01/30/minimum-wage-increase-will-help-arizona%e2%80%99s-working-families/ While working families struggle to make ends meet in this sluggish economy, there is a bright spot on the horizon for Arizona’s lowest-paid workers: On Jan. 1, the state’s minimum wage increased 30 cents to $7.65, raising wages for more than 130,000 low-wage workers.

The increase not only helps hard-working Arizonans provide for their families, but also boosts the overall economy.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/30/minimum-wage-increase-will-help-arizona%e2%80%99s-working-families/feed/ 0 42544 Paycheck Fairness Act is a big step toward the nation’s economic recovery https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/19/paycheck-fairness-act-is-a-big-step-toward-the-nation%e2%80%99s-economic-recovery/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/19/paycheck-fairness-act-is-a-big-step-toward-the-nation%e2%80%99s-economic-recovery/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:17:58 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/04/19/paycheck-fairness-act-is-a-big-step-toward-the-nation%e2%80%99s-economic-recovery/ Equal Pay Day symbolizes the point in the next year to which a woman must work, on average, to achieve pay equity with men. Put in more concrete terms, to achieve pay equity, women had to work all of 2010 plus almost four extra months, from January to April 12, 2011, to match men’s earnings during the 12 months of 2010.

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