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A potential downtown baseball stadium would be an economic boon, possibly creating 20 thousand jobs, according to Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman. An advocacy group wants to make sure workers’ voices are a part of that conversation.
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Minimum-wage workers in Missouri now make $12 an hour. While Missouri and other other states have raised worker pay, the Kansas minimum wage has stayed at the federal level of $7.25 per hour.
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Thanks to a ballot initiative passed by voters in 2018, Missouri's minimum wage rose in the new year to $12 an hour, while tipped workers now have a minimum wage of $6 an hour.
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Employees at the Taco Bell on Wornall Road staged a walkout in the middle of lunch Thursday, shutting down the store and rallying for a union and higher wages.
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Court documents state that the average payment per server will amount to about $568.
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Saint Luke’s was the first area health care provider last year to raise its hourly minimum wage to $15. Now it's raising the minimum to $17.50 and giving a $2,000 "thank you bonus" to all employees.
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The lead plaintiff also claimed servers were asked to work only for tips during the COVID-19 pandemic, asked to spend more than 20% of their working time on non-tipped work and required to share tips with non-tipped workers.
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Workers are not returning to the restaurant industry and the first national champions in NAIA women's flag football are the Ottawa University Braves.
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As pandemic restrictions are lifted restaurants are ready to cook and diners are ready to eat, but staff are not flocking back to greet guests and wait tables.
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Small businesses are looking for quality workers, but one in five may be closing their doors for good.
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Small businesses are looking for quality workers, but one in five may be closing their doors for good, and books that could inspire personal change in 2021.
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An ordinance introduced by Mayor Quinton Lucas would force some taxpayer-funded organizations to pay employees at least $15 an hour by 2022.