Do you believe that the people who provide services for the homeless, the hungry, victims of domestic violence, and other social services deserve a Living Wage? Throughout the state of New York, many of these workers can’t even get basic Cost of Living (COLA) raises because the state hasn’t funded them. Stand with us and […]
The Tompkins County Workers’ Center handles between 80 and 100 cases of Wage Theft every year, and that’s scratching the surface of what’s going on just in our community. Employers steal more from their workers than the amount of dollars involved in bank robberies, burglaries, and all other thefts in the U.S. combined. TCWC has […]
The United States Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York Minimum Wage Act require that most workers must be paid the minimum wage ($11.10 for most workers in Upstate New York as of 12/31/2018), and that an employee who works more than 40 hours in a work week must receive overtime pay of 1.5 […]
New York State workers should check their pay stubs for the minimum wage increase that went into effect on December 31st, 2018. The majority of workers upstate should now be making $11.10/hour. For “Fast Food” workers minimum wage is now $12.75/hour. Fast food businesses are establishments with more than 30 locations serving primarily food and […]
by Ian Greer, Senior Researcher @ Cornell University School of Labor Relations If you are like most people who live in Tompkins County, you struggle to keep up with the rising cost of living. New York is one of 18 states that increased the minimum wage in 2018, to $10.40 upstate. But in our area […]