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  2. Job Corps - Wikipedia

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    The Job Corps was originally designed by a task force established by Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz reporting to Manpower Administrator Sam Merrick. [5] In 1962, the youth unemployment rate was twice the non-youth unemployment rate and the purpose of the initiative was to create a program whereby Youth members of the program could spend half of their time improving national parks and forests ...

  3. Hourly worker - Wikipedia

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    Hourly employment is often associated but not synonymous with at-will employment. Most countries operate minimum wage systems, which set a minimum rate of pay for hourly employees. As of October 2023, France has the highest hourly minimum wage at $13.80 per hour. [1] The United States has a comparatively low minimum wage for hourly workers at ...

  4. List of countries by minimum wage - Wikipedia

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    As of January 3, 2022, effective state minimum wage rates range from US$7.25 to US$16.66 per hour, with an average of about $12.00 across all minimum wage workers as of 2019. [236] [237] [238] Local government minimum wages exist as well, the highest of which reach to $17.13 per hour. [239] 15,080: 15,080. 40 7.25: 7.25. 26.2 % 1 Jan 2025 Uruguay

  5. Job Corps partnership with Johnson & Johnson Vision promotes ...

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    Job Corps is a career and technical training program for students 16 to 24 years old. And the global headquarters for Johnson and Johnson Vision is right here in Jacksonville, the maker of ACUVUE ...

  6. Prevailing wage - Wikipedia

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    [6] State level rates are calculated using various methods including an average of all wage rates paid, the mode, or based on collectively bargained rates. The H-1B visa program requires employers to "pay the prevailing wage or the actual wage paid by the employer to workers with similar skills and qualifications, whichever is higher". [7]

  7. Minimum wage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A 2018 University of Washington study which investigated the effects of Seattle's minimum wage increases (from $9.50 to $11 in 2015 and then to $13 in 2016) found that while the second wage increase caused hourly wages to grow by 3%, it also caused employers to cut employee hours by 6%, yielding an average decrease of $74 earned per month per ...

  8. L&I visits Keystone Job Corps Center; highlights ... - AOL

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    Nov. 6—DRUMS — Pennsylvania Labor and Industry Secretary Nancy A. Walker on Monday said Keystone Job Corps Center is at the forefront of making meaningful connections with the next generation ...

  9. General Schedule (US civil service pay scale) - Wikipedia

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    The GG pay rates are generally identical to published GS pay rates. The GS-1 through GS-7 range generally marks entry-level positions, while mid-level positions are in the GS-8 to GS-12 range and top-level positions (senior managers, high-level technical specialists, or physicians) are in the GS-13 to GS-15 range.