Mark’s Pizzeria has reached a tentative $1.7 million settlement with employees who filed a class-action lawsuit against the company. The deal resolves a complaint filed in August 2015 claiming food delivery drivers ostensibly being paid minimum wage or slightly more ...

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It’s a movie cliché: A bunch of men in white-and-black striped pajamas, with chains around their ankles, breaking rocks in a quarry under armed guard. The media has taught us that prison labor is the natural state of the world ...

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The first federal minimum wage was set at 25 cents in 1938. Adjusted for inflation, that would be worth $4.13 today. The rate has been adjusted upwards many times since then, most recently in July 2009. The current federal minimum ...

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About 200 state investigators and staffers are being assigned to spread the word about New York’s recent minimum wage increase — and to make sure businesses comply. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the task force Monday in New York City. The ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has advised workers to call a new hotline set up by the state Labor Department if employers do not comply with New York’s new minimum-wage rates. The new rates go into effect Dec. 31. The hotline number ...

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ALBANY — The minimum wage is going up at year’s end throughout New York state. Within New York City the wage will rise from $9 to $11 per hour, though the increase will be smaller for employees of small businesses. ...

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his plan to phase in a $15-an-hour minimum wage in New York state would benefit 2.3 million workers by increasing their wages by $15.7 billion. The numbers come from a report issued Wednesday by ...

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Rochester is moving to raise the minimum wage of municipal workers to $15 an hour. Mayor Lovely Warren was joined by Gov. Andrew Cuomo when she announced the phased-in increase on Wednesday. Last week Cuomo said his administration would gradually ...

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NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined a throng of union workers and other supporters of a $15 minimum wage in lower Manhattan on Tuesday and formally announced he would be using his executive authority to make sure it went ...

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ALBANY — A survey of New York school districts has found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 will increase labor costs for public schools by millions of dollars. The New York State Association of ...

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ALBANY — Even with minimum wage increases cropping up around the nation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $15-an-hour proposal stands out for directing so much more money to so many workers. Cuomo wants to phase in a minimum wage jump from the ...

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NEW YORK — As a campaign to raise the minimum wage as high as $15 has achieved victories in such places as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, it has bumped up against a harsh reality: Plenty of scofflaw businesses ...

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