minimum wage
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Denver’s minimum wage to increase to $15.87 on Jan. 1
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Denver’s next citywide minimum wage increase is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, raising the minimum wage from $14.77 to $15.87 per hour. This will be the third time the city’s minimum wage has increased since the City Council passed its local minimum wage ordinance in November 2019. When the ordinance passed, the city’s…
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Denver extends public comment on program that would pay youth employees less than minimum wage
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The city of Denver is asking for the public’s opinion on a program draft that would allow employers to pay workers who are younger than 18 less than minimum wage. The proposed Youth Certified Employment Program allows youth employees to be paid up to 15% less than Denver’s minimum wage if their job offers career…
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock to business leaders: It’s time to raise workers’ wages
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock told a group of business leaders Tuesday that the city needs to have “a tough conversation” about increasing wages for workers. “A good day’s work, no matter the job, should be compensated with a livable wage,” Hancock told about 600 people gathered for the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce’s annual State…
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Denver auditor takes charge of enforcing new minimum wage requirements
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Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien.Larry Laszlo The Denver City Auditor’s office announced on Monday that it will take the lead on enforcing the minimum wage increase for city workers and employees of city contractors. That law, which went into effect on Monday, requires all city workers and contract employees be paid a minimum of $13 per…
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Amazon’s minimum-wage boost could have big Colo. impact
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After years of sluggish pay gains, the economy may be starting to work for low-wage workers in Colorado and elsewhere. Amazon.com Inc.’s announcement Tuesday that it will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour will intensify pressure on other companies to lift their pay levels as well. Among the most likely to do so:…
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Local minimum-wage bill gets maximum resistance from Republicans
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A measure in the Colorado legislature that would have let cities and counties set minimum wages above statewide levels has died in the state Senate’s “kill committee.” The Denver Business Journal’s Ed Sealover reports that Democrat-backed House Bill 1368, which passed in the House 36-29 in late April, was blocked in the Republican-controlled Senate State,…
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This Week at the Capitol, Week of April 16-20
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Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead at the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Click here and scroll down to committee hearings to listen online. MONDAY House Education Committee, 1:30 p.m. Room 112 House Bill 1379, School Finance Act.House Bill…
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Minimum-wage hikes hurt Colorado’s poorest residents
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Last month, Colorado raised its minimum wage in accordance with Amendment 70, from $9.30 to $10.20 per hour, and many restaurants are already feeling the impact. Too often, seemingly benevolent government policies like the minimum wage often stop the poor from getting ahead. Raising the minimum wage would certainly help some workers, but those gains…
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New poll, same finding — costs have consequences
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All is quiet on the minimum-wage front at the moment, but don’t think last year’s passage of Amendment 70 is any long-term cease fire. Advocates for higher rates will kick off the 2018 session of the Colorado General Assembly with a push to let cities and counties set their own minimum-wage rates. New research put…
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University of Colorado study backs concerns from businesses over raising the minimum wage
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A recent University of Colorado study backs up many of the arguments made by businesses who opposed raising the minimum wage in Colorado. The study, published in the journal Regional Science and Urban Economics in May, comes after Colorado voters last November backed gradually raising the minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020. The first…
