Pursuing a wage claim on your own is a good first step. receive a few calls or emails  a week from laborers looking to recover their wages. Wage claims stem from a number of different circumstances. You can even look up which employers have violated the wage laws in the past by following this link. Prevailing Wage:  Often Contractors fail to pay their workers a prevailing wage set by the state. If they do pay a prevailing wage, they might still pay the wrong one (wrongly classify the worker) and so they might still be on the hook for a claim. MORE >>

Washington raised its minimum wage rate on January 1, 2011. The Department of Labor & Industries announced late last year that it would raise the minimum wage rate to $8.67 The raise complies with Initiative 688, a voter initiative passed in 1998, which requires the State to mirror changes in the Consumer Price index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Washington is one of only 6 states that elected to raise the minimum wage this year. Lets Talk Green Materials Department of Labor Failing To Properly Set Davis-Bacon Wages? 93 S Jackson St. MORE >>

So while much is being made about issues that seemingly have no relevance or pertinence to the real issues at hand - getting Americans working and at jobs and wages that not only support them and their family but this - global economy of which we hear so much about. Build America Economy Jobs Wages IncomeI use that analogy to show how the American people are being squeezed like a sponge when it comes to working more, longer and for less. Eventually even the sponge runs dry at some point. Are we at that point? People are drained. There is much made of the Global Economy. percent. MORE >>

'That is what the American job market is today, instead of full time jobs we have a part time wage slave who works on call, at risk, with no real wages, opportunities for growth or benefits of any kind. If only we would go out into the woods and die quietly taking with us our "entitlements" and demands of a living wage, decent health care and a role in society that actually respects and appreciates us for our intellect, our compassion, and for simply just being a member of the human race. EmploymentPart Time Work Service Sector Boomers Recovery Jobs Living Wages MORE >>

So they do it by cutting wages. And in turn not just wages but in deductibles and co-pays that makes this benefit a pretty costly one overall. Imagine that in actual net wages? For employees like her, however, the greatest impact of exploding health care costs will arrive in the form of stagnating wages. Medical Costs Insurance Health Insurance Obamacare Costs Boomers Wagesthat your pay raise is not happening. Well simple math means cut the pay of the worker and give them a rise (as they say in the UK) in the form of giving them health care. That’s just math. MORE >>