The lowest paid unit of Montgomery Employees received about a 25% augment on Wednesday after the Council of Commissioners of the Fountains raised a minimum wage by 4 to USD 20.52.
The remuneration council, consisting of commissioners and the controller, unanimously voted on Wednesday to augment the minimum wage of employees for what, according to officials, would be the highest rate for employees of the County in the Commonwealth, and almost three times than a state minimum remuneration in the amount of 7.25 USD.
“If we want strong communities, we have to start with strong teams, it means just paying people,” said Commissioner Jamila Winder, Democrat.
The increased salary is still falling below the pay for the county, which would be $ 26.61 per hour for a lonely adult without children, according to Life salary calculator myth.
The modern policy will immediately offer increases to 129 Montgomery Ferrising employees, but it will not directly affect the remuneration in the private sector throughout the Fountains. Democratic commissioners Neil Makhija and Winder said they hope for other communities and employers.
“It is important to conclude that at the level of the countess we can set an example,” said Machija.
The poviat did not immediately raise the salary for employees who earned slightly above USD 20.52, but Machija said in an interview after the meeting that there were discussions about increases to solve compression.
Makhija said that funds for collecting were collected as part of savings identified by the modern Bureau of Sustainable Development of the Fountain.
Makhija announced an augment in the rate, maintaining hand -written signs, comparing the modern minimum wage of Montgomery’s county with neighboring poviats in Pennsylvania and comparing the minimum wage of Pennsylvania with neighboring countries.
According to data collected by Montgomery County, the lowest hourly wage of Philadelphia is USD 16.35 per hour, while the lowest wages in the other three districts range from USD 12.50 to USD 15.30.
Pennsylvania is One of the 20 states This did not raise their minimum wage above the federal minimum, which has not changed since 2009 to USD 7.25.
Governor Josh Shapiro and his predecessor Tom Wolf, both Democrats, proposed a significant augment in the minimum wage of the state. But as discussions on this subject Makhija, I got stuck in Harrisburg, said that he hopes that Montgomery’s unit could be a leader in the state.
Commissioner Tom Dibello, a lonely Republican on the board, said that his decision to support the augment was driven by market forces, and not the desire to offer the best wages in this state.
The transfer, which in the last two years of the Management Board result from the management of the Management Board in order to improve compensation and benefits for employees throughout the whole. Last year, the county began to offer the most broad benefits of parental leave in this state – offering 12 weeks to all parents and an additional four weeks parents.
