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1 Bertha Saucedo February 15, 2013 at 8:59 am

Raising the minimum wage to $9 will not make anything better. The price of food, clothes, housewares, health insurance, gas, etc. will increase, as well. We will all be in the same shape we are now.

Please try to find some resolution to our crisis, that will benefit all.

Thank you for listening.

2 Jose Pablo Arzola, BAM, MPA February 20, 2013 at 10:50 am

I find that the long term unemployment rates among 55+ is high because the researchers and policy makers and implamenters of programs are out of touch with this targeted population. These groups are they funded? I work with this type of older groups, my biggest worry is finding funding to pay utilities, rent, etc.

Employers hire 55+ age group and pay minimum wage – WIITH A MASTER’S DEGREE! This is an insult

3 Michael Potter February 22, 2013 at 7:15 pm

Does an employer have to give a lunch period during an 8 hour work day?

4 Aryn Gilenson March 4, 2013 at 9:12 am

I am still awaiting comment on my comment to a blog post regarding minimum wage to be “moderated”. The post follows all of the posting guidelines (like this post does), however my comment asks a very important question: “who is really benefitting from raising minimum wage?” I posted it February 25. 2013 and it still has not been moderated. I guess this is just another loophole that the government has found to limit free speech. If it isnt praising what the government is doing, it will never be moderated and it will never be posted for everyone to see.

5 Phil R March 14, 2013 at 6:38 pm

Can someone comment on the status of the exemption for home caregivers? It’s 2013, and the DOL website has only posted expired deadlines with no follow up. There has been nothing on the subject since the Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis resigned, and nothing posted about what is on the agenda for 2013 regarding this issue. These propsals were made in 2011. Do caretakers still have an ally with the Department of Labor, or will they ignore the issue for years to come?

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