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• Then they come back to work excited,” Walker said.Victoria Foster, owner of Victory Lane Boutique, said it’s critical to raise salaries from minimum wage for employees “to be able to live comfortably.”There is a push to increase the minimum wage via an Ohio state constitutional amendment..
• SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — If you make minimum wage in Ohio, you’ll see a pay increase beginning Jan. 1, 2024.Ohio’s minimum wage will be $10.45 an hour and $5.25 an hour for tipped workers..
• In 2023, it was $10.10 an hour and $5.05 an hour for tipped workers.The Ohio minimum wage is determined by the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers over the 12 months prior to September..
• Now, he’s fully staffed up.“We had to evaluate who we were hiring, we had to evaluate what we were paying them,” Walker said.He’s paying above minimum wage and said most employees have remained on the job..
• In the past, he’s experienced a high turnover rate.“If you want your employees to be loyal to you, you have to pay above minimum wage,” he said..
• “You have to look at living wages.”A living wage is the hourly rate an individual must make to support themselves..