B.C.’s naturopathic college is promising immediate action against practitioners who make false claims and spread anti-vaccination disinformation after finding an “unacceptable” number of violations of its policies.
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Amazon drops its free-shipping minimum for the holidays
Amazon is making rivals like Walmart sweat a bit more over the holidays by offering free shipping with no minimum purchase to everyone. The company announced that it’s waiving the usual $ 25 minimum fee required for non-Prime customers in a US-only promotion — the first time it’s done that, according to Reuters. The deal […]
Why Amazon Really Raised Its Minimum Wage to $15
The company didn’t act purely out of the goodness of its heart. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bb37df02b915f2dff96d690/master/pass/Amazon-623337362-w.jpg
Venezuela's Maduro announces new minimum wage, exchange rate tied to petro cryptocurrency
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the plan to tie the national currency’s exchange rate to the state-launched cryptocurrency petro. The country’s new and increase minimum wage will also be anchored to the petro. Maduro said the petro would be valued at $ 60 or 3,600 sovereign bolivars after the redenomination planned for August 20 […]
Uber is disputing a study that suggested its drivers were making less than minimum wage
Seth Wenig/AP Uber is disputing an MIT study that said that nearly three-quarters of Uber and Lyft drivers make less than minimum wage. The study found that drivers were making just $ 3.37 an hour in profit. The study’s lead author says he is going to re-run some of the numbers. (Reuters) – A Massachusetts […]
HQ Trivia scraps $20 minimum requirement to withdraw prizes
Got a few bucks sitting in HQ Trivia limbo these past couple of months? You’ll be happy to hear this, then: the app no longer requires a minimum balance for withdrawal. You can get your prize money no matter how small it is, so you don’t have to endlessly try to win again and again […]
If the US minimum wage had kept up with the economy, many low-wage earners could earn double what they’re making now
Justin Sullivan/Getty Minimum wage is about to go up in many states, but the federal rate is still $ 7.25 an hour. The real value of minimum wage peaked in 1968 at $ 9.90, adjusted for inflation. Productivity and average wages have grown much faster than minimum wage, which has left low-wage workers behind. […]
Minimum wage hike will axe 400k jobs in California – study
A study conducted by the Employment Policies Institute states that a hike to a $ 15/hr minimum wage will cost California 400,000 private sector jobs. Workers in two industries in particular are purportedly the most vulnerable. On January 1, California’s minimum wage will increase to $ 11 per hour, up from the current level of […]
Minimum wage for WNBL payers
ALL WNBL players are now being paid, with a minimum wage of $ 7500 in place for the first time. A new deal for the WNBL is being enforced for the shortened 2017/18 competition and been heralded by Opal Laura Hodges as a “great start” for one of the top basketball leagues in the world. […]
The Supreme Court is poised to deal a devastating blow to minimum wage workers
Joe Raedle/Getty Images In recent years, the nationwide Fight for $ 15 movement has succeeded in persuading several states and cities to raise their hourly minimum wages well above the federal minimum of $ 7.25. But the effort to ensure a living wage for workers may be headed for a serious setback in the U.S. […]
