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Hennepin County could institute $20 minimum wage for county employees
The full Board of Commissioners will vote on the measure next week.
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The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners could vote next week to increase the minimum wage for county employees from $15 to $20.
Hennepin County Board Chair Marion Greene introduced the measure Tuesday, which passed unanimously out of committee. It now heads to the full board for a vote.
If passed at the Board’s Tuesday meeting, the new minimum wage would go into effect on March 28. The last minimum wage increase for county employees was five years ago.
Greene cited the impact of low wages on people of color, women and people with disabilities.
A Hennepin County committee has unanimously passed a measure that would raise the minimum wage to $20 for its government workforce. It now moves to a board vote.
After union push, Hennepin County gives employees child care leave during pandemic
Until the county s declared emergency ends, employees can now take 160 hours of two-thirds paid leave. The county also created opportunities for negative leave to be forgiven.
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Feb 9, 2021
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After a monthslong union campaign, Hennepin County has created a child care leave policy to replace the one provided by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which expired at the end of 2020.
The Hennepin County Board voted unanimously last week to establish 160 hours of two-thirds paid leave for employees caring for children not in school or daycare because of the coronavirus. It also voted to adjust its existing negative leave program to give employees an opportunity to have those hours forgiven.
Twin Cities metro-area homeowners facing friendlier property-tax outlook Hennepin and Ramsey counties keeping rates flat due to pandemic; a third of metro cities see decrease. December 26, 2020 5:42pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Property-tax payers are catching a break at an opportune time in the Twin Cities metro area thanks in part to counties well-versed in the challenges posed by a pandemic.
Ramsey County opted early this budget season to back off plans set forth a year ago to raise taxes by 4.5% in 2021, opting instead to keep its tax levy flat.
Hennepin County also went with a 0% increase in an effort to ease costs to homeowners, said County Administrator David Hough, who noted recently: Our residents are challenged, just as we are.