Stories tagged: "low income workers"

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Florida Florida Republican Files Measure to Allow Employers to Pay Workers Less After Minimum Wage Vote

Workers under 21 and other “hard-to-hire” employees could earn less than minimum wage if a bill some have called “discriminatory” is passed.

February 1, 2021 6:03 pm EST Mivette Vega Mivette Vega
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Economy 3 Ways Joe Biden Plans to Expand Social Security Benefits

The former vice president is proposing a plan to shore up Social Security that would raise minimum benefit amounts for lifelong workers with low incomes.

September 8, 2020 3:37 pm EDT Giselle Balido Giselle Balido

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