Businesses consider responses to higher federal minimum wage
November 12, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden has proposed increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026, up from the current $7.25. Employers of low-wage workers are looking at the possibility of passing along higher prices to customers, cutting employee hours and automating more tasks as responses to rising payroll costs.
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