minimum wage

Many urban homes have no income

By Journal on May 2, 2024 Ebeye, Graduate School USA, Majuro, minimum wage, Wilmer Joel News Archive

Here is a startling figure. Of the 5,318 households in Majuro and Ebeye, 909 of these have no wage earner. The recent Technical Note by the Graduate School USA that focuses on the minimum wage reports on a recent RMI household survey and says the proposed basis for adopting an increased minimum wage is based […]

Wage hike signed into law

By Journal on September 16, 2016 Bills, Kenneth Kedi, Law, minimum wage, Morean Watak, Nitijela Feature Articles

Speaker Kenneth Kedi was joined by Clerk Morean Watak in signing four bills into law earlier this week at Nitijela. The Speaker highlighted the significance of Bill 16 to raise the minimum wage becoming law with the signing. This is the first time since 1999 that minimum wage in the RMI has been increased by […]