Universal Orlando raises wage to $15 per hour for team members Change effective June 27 will impact full-time and part-time hourly positions
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Universal Orlando announced Thursday that it’s set to raise the base pay rate for its team members to $15 an hour, beginning in June.
The announcement comes after Floridians voted in favor of Amendment 2 last year, which outlines a plan for the state’s minimum wage to reach $15 per hour by 2026.
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“Today’s announcement represents the single-largest wage increase in Universal Orlando history. And while $15 is Universal’s new starting base rate, the company is increasing start rates for many other positions based on job requirements,” Universal officials said in a news release.
Posted By Alex Galbraith on Thu, May 27, 2021 at 1:51 PM click to enlarge Universal theme parks will raise their starting wage to $15/hour next month.
In a win for their thousands of employees in Central Florida, Universal theme parks announced that they are raising their starting pay to $15/hour for all entry-level employees on June 27. The raise will immediately give the park s lowest-paid workers a $2/hour raise from their current base rate of $13/hour. The park also shared that they will grant commensurate raises for employees who already make more than their lowest hourly rate. The company said that 18,000 of these employees will receive a raise based around their time with Universal.