Should you raise your entry-level employees' wages beyond the ... Workers who  receive tips must receive $2.13/hour in cash wages; if their hourly ... In 2014,  President Obama proposed increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to  $10.10. ... which says this wage increase would put half a million people out of  work.
Feb 18, 2014 ... Raising the minimum wage would increase family income for many low-wage ...  A “$9.00 option” would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to  $9.00 per ... week in the second half of 2016 if the $10.10 option was  implemented. ... Further, a few higher-wage workers would owe their jobs and ...
Feb 18, 2014 ... While raising wages lifts people from federal aid, it may also kill jobs. ... finds a  wage hike could result in a net job loss of about half a million workers ... million  workers would receive higher pay that would increase their ... CBO projects that if  the president's proposal to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 ...
Aug 7, 2015 ... The worst case if far worse than that: not just 16.8 million jobs lost but the ... per  hour, two of the most popular proposals at the ... those earning just above $10.10  would also see their ... The CBO concluded that net earnings for low-wage ...  Essentially, we don't think the effect of a raised minimum wage on ...
Feb 7, 2014 ... How Increases in the Minimum Wage Affect Employment and Family Income. 6 ...  hour to $10.10 per hour in three steps—in 2014,. 2015 ... ings during an average  week in the second half of 2016 if ... Further, a few higher-wage workers would  owe their jobs ... (out of the roughly 45 million people who are.
The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."