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Survey: Majority of Employers Support Minimum Wage Hike

Momentum is building behind raising the minimum wage, coming at a time when workers at all pay levels are struggling with keeping their heads above water. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 64% of employers believe the minimum wage should be increased in their state, up from 62% last year.

While nearly one in five of all workers (19%) said they couldn’t make ends meet every month in the last year, workers who hold or have held minimum wage jobs were much more prone to experience financial difficulties.

“Americans’ wages have been stuck in a slow-growth pattern since the recession,” said Rosemary Haefner, chief human resources officer at CareerBuilder. “As big name brands take measures to increase pay for minimum wage workers and the market overall grows more competitive for skilled labor, employers are going to start feeling more wage pressure when trying to attract and retain employees at all levels within the organization.”

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1 thought on “Survey: Majority of Employers Support Minimum Wage Hike”

  1. I think their should be wage hike for every category of the workers according to their skill. Bonus and incentives should be given to the workers for achieving the target which will automatically increase the retention rate of the employees.

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