Jewish Senior Life is the latest in a number of local nonprofits to raise its minimum wage. The continuing care retirement community will raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour for all staff beginning Sept. 5, the organization said ...

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The Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative established a goal six months ago of raising the wages of 10,000 Rochester residents to at least $15 an hour in 2021. The coalition now plans to celebrate all of the local organizations that have made ...

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East House, a nonprofit that provides housing and support services to individuals recovering from mental health and substance, will raise the base starting pay for staff to $15 per hour. “The work our employees do is incredibly tough and their ...

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Rochester’s Villa of Hope is the latest nonprofit to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour. The new wages will be effective June 28, 2021. Villa of Hope officials  said Tuesday that the move was made to reflect pay ...

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One of the largest child-and-family-services organizations in the eastern U.S. has raised its minimum wage to $15 per hour for all positions in the organization, joining a number of other agencies who this year have raised their wages. Hillside President ...

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Another Rochester-area nonprofit has committed to raising its minimum wage for frontline workers. Lifetime Assistance Inc. on Thursday said it would implement a significantly higher new wage of $15.75 per hour for direct supply professionals in residential services, or group ...

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Beginning in July this year, University of Rochester Home Care will raise its minimum wage for personal care aides to $15 per hour, the agency said Tuesday. Home health aides will have a starting rate of $15.50 per hour. In ...

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In July 2021, Rochester Regional Health will become the first health system in the Finger Lakes Region to raise its minimum wage to $15. It is a journey the health system began with a commitment in 2016 to raise its ...

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The University of Rochester this week told faculty and staff that all employees will have full salary reinstatement as of July 1, 2021. “The unprecedented financial challenges the university has faced in the last 11 months necessitated difficult and painful ...

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For years, advocates for farmworkers have lobbied to end exemptions to labor laws that exist on farms but with little success. Since Democrats took control of the state Senate last fall, however, a new effort concerning farm interests introduced by ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to increase tipped restaurant workers’ wages to the same minimums as other workers will likely result in quite a public battle. Restaurant owners are already gearing up to testify against the proposal. And some workers are ready to demonstrate in support of it. Cuomo, in announcing that he will include the measure in his State of the State address, had said a single minimum wage for all workers, including restaurant workers, would help elevate working conditions and counter discrimination for a workforce that is disproportionately female and minority.

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A local manufacturer has committed to a $15 per hour wage program for its full-time employees beginning on Labor Day. Pioneer Millworks is a reclaimed and sustainable wood manufacturer with locations in Farmington, Ontario County, and McMinnville, Ore. The current ...

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In November 2015, I wrote a column titled, “$15 Minimum Wage is Uncharted Territory,” discussing New York’s minimum wage law and speculating on its effects. Given how early we are in the process, however, we know very little currently. New ...

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