Minimum Wage

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Will Matching Amazon's Wage Increase Buy Your Employees' Engagement?

Don't expect a parade if you start paying a $15 per hour minimum wage.

				
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350,000 Amazon Workers Get Raises. 3 Things to Know Today.Stay in the know in 60 seconds.

				Liz Webber
			
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Amazon Boosts Minimum Wage to $15 Per HourAll of Amazon's U.S. workers will benefit from the minimum wage increase, which means more than 350,000 staff spread across all of Amazon's business ventures (including Whole Foods) should be better off beginning in November.

				Matthew Humphries
			
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Amazon Calls Bernie Sanders's Working Conditions Claims 'Misleading'It's encouraging employees to send their stories to the senator.

				Mallory Locklear
			
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A $15 Minimum Wage Sounds Good But Has Unintended ConsequencesEmployees' health insurance shares, office perks and retirement plans are potentially all on the chopping block.

				Brett Goldberg
			
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Minimum wage is the lowest wage that can be paid to a company employee permitted by law or special contract. Minimum wage is a hotly debated topic among business owners, states and the country as a whole.